Why the name: Mermaids and Muses?

Hello, 

My name is Samara and this is my first attempt at blogging. Let's hope it's a successful one!

I was contemplating, rather deeply, about what to write as my first blog post and then it suddenly hit me. I don't know if many people (or anyone!) will be reading my blog, but I thought it would be best to start off by explaining the choice of my blog's name.

For many years I have been utterly fascinated by/with Greek mythology. It has been a passion of mine, for as long as I can remember, to learn all about it.

Mermaids, although not primarily Greek, tend to show up in a multitude of folklore. They are ethereal creatures which, I myself (guilty as charged), dreamt of being as a little child. I mean how could you not want to be a mermaid? They are such mystical, magical creatures.

Muses, on the other hand, have a special place in Greek mythology as The Muses were the goddesses of the inspiration of literature, sciences and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge, related orally for centuries in the ancient culture that was contained in poetic lyrics and myths.

It took me quite a while to figure out what my blog's name should be and I started by haphazardly typing in various blog names until I finally decided that I wanted it to be something related to Greek mythology (can you count how many times I've used "Greek mythology" throughout this post?). I came across Muses at first and then decided that I needed to find another word that started with an "M" as well - a tad bit of alliteration never hurt anyone; plus it always makes things sounds much better. 

That's how the blog name: Mermaids and Muses was created.

Well, that's all from me for now. I hope you enjoyed this little post from me and I hope to continue writing. 

If you made it this far then I want to start off by saying a big THANK YOU for reading!

Cheers,

Samara

xo