If you want to become a mermaid, start by learning how to swim well and get comfortable in your tail and monofin. Next, practice swimming, breath-holding, underwater tricks, and posing for mermaid performers in both water and on land. Finally, add some finishing touches to your costume with mermaid accessories.

In European folklore, mermaids (sometimes called sirens) and mermen were natural beings who, like fairies, had magical and prophetic powers. They loved music and often sang. Though very long-lived, they were mortal and had no souls.