简介：InthePhilippines,thestoryofDyesebelwasnarratedasacharacterborntoamermaid-obsessedFilipinomother.Themother,duetoherobsessionwithlookingatcalendarpicturesofmermaids,eventuallygavebirthtoafemaleinfantwithafishtailinsteadofnormalhumanlowerextremities.Theangeredfatherwishedtoabandontheabnormalchildbutwashinderedfromdoingsowhenhewasstruckbylightningduringatyphoon.Toavoidthestigmaofhavingamermaidchild,thecoupledecidedtoleavetheirvillage.Thechildwaskepthiddenfromthesightofnewneighbors.Themermaideventuallymetothermermaidswhilespendingtimeattheseashore.HeradventuresatseabroughtherintocontactwithDiangga,asea-witchwhohadthepowertotransformsea-creatureslikeDyesebelintonormalhumans.Dyesebelfellinlovewithanormalhumanman.Buthersecretofbeingamermaid,promptedthejealousformergirlfriendofthemanwithwhomDyesebelwasinlove,tokidnapDyesebelandplaceherinacarnival.Dyesebelwaslatersavedbyherhumanlover.Diangga,thesea-witch,eventuallytransformedDyesebelintoapermanentfemalehumanwithnormallowerextremities.…