Atargatis, in Aramaic ‘Atar‘atah, was a Syrian deity, "the great mistress of the North Syrian lands" Rostovtseff called her, commonly known to the Greeks by a shortened form of the name, Derceto or Derketo and as Dea Syria, "Goddess of Syria", rendered in one word Deasura. She is often now popularly described as the mermaid-goddess, from her fish-bodied appearance at Ascalon and in Diodorus Siculus, and also, as the first mermaid.

a OOOOOLD draw for myths & legends... arround a year or more, i done it in very very rush, cause was dropped by other illustrator and the set was near to be on print (i hate deadlines XD)i finish it at time... but i never like the printed version so i took a time for edit this pic and do a new version.

graphire 3/ Photoshop CS / 3 hours in the original + 2 more for the current edit

music: Crucified - Atargatis (btw, the band haves the same name of this pic, i love this song)

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