Merpersons

[don of tallahassee]

Sometimes the evidence causes what we think of as traditions to change, not the other way around. You (figuratively) don't get to disregard actual physical evidence because you don't think it fits or don't like it (unless maybe you think Wilfrid used the Hunterian mermaid as a model  ).

Or maybe you think it is all just a coincidence of European art tradition and implied action and upraised knee and tail/suit open and partially off, like no other mermaid images found so far?

I thought your 'tradition' was evidence-based. Whazzup?

Thank you.

Don of Tallahassee