Editing Merrow (section)

== Popular culture ==
* Merrow have appeared in the core rules of various classic editions of the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' role-playing game. They are essentially just aquatic ogres,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zambrano |first1=J. R. |title=Monster Spotlight: The Murderous Merrow |url=https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2022/03/monster-spotlight-the-murderous-merrow.html |website=Bell of Lost Souls |access-date=12 July 2023 |language=en |date=7 March 2022}}</ref> and thus only the brutish male merrow of real-world mythology are properly represented therein.
* In the ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' card game, "Merrows" are a type of merfolk, native to the plane of Lorwyn/Shadowmoor. They are friendly, white/blue-aligned freshwater merchants, healers, and guides, dwelling in the clear streams of the "sunny" aspect of the plane (Lorwyn), and mischievous, blue/black-aligned brackish water looters and assassins dwelling in the bogs of the "dusk" aspect of the plane (Shadowmoor).
* In the ''[[Puyo Puyo]]'' games, {{Nihongo|"Merrow"|メロウ}} is a type of mermaid, part of the {{Nihongo|Scales Fish People|うろこさかなびと}}. One of the other Scales Fish People is {{lang|ja-Latn|Seriri}}, a blue haired mermaid. Unlike {{lang|ja-Latn|Seriri}}, Merrow has a pink hair and a more [[wikt:haughty|haughty]] look. A pink mermaid is the first mermaid to appear in the {{lang|ja-Latn|Madou Monogatari}} games, that predate the Puyo Puyo games.
* [[Jennifer Donnelly]]'s [[fantasy]] series the ''[[Waterfire Saga]]'' has an ancient mermaid ruler in its mythology named Merrow. Merrow was the first {{lang|la|[[queen regnant|regina]]}} in the fictional place of Miromara in the series.
* In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' tie-in book ''[[Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (book)|Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them]],'' merrows are said to be one of three subspecies of merpeople, along with Scottish [[selkies]] and Greek [[Siren (mythology)|sirens]].
* In [[Kentaro Miura]]'s manga ''[[Berserk (manga)|Berserk]]'', Merrow are the name given to a race of mer-folk.
* In Jess Kidd's "Things in Jars", the merrow is a pale girl with eyes that change color between white and black. She has sharp, fish like teeth, and frequently bites. Her bite is fatally poisonous to men, but not women. She also has some control over water, and causes the river in London to rise, threatening a flood. She attracts snails and newts, which she eats.
* In [[Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon]], a Múruch is a rare faerie creature who has the reputation of having a power of a one-faerie army. Faerie kings often allied themselves to this kind of creature, and this was an easy way of becoming the next faerie king.
* In [[Nioh]] and [[Nioh 2]] there is a guardian spirit that resembles the Merrow called Saoirse that follows William.
* The Sirens (2025), a novel by [[Emilia Hart]], a historical novel with elements of magical realism that features Irish merrows, and includes elements of [[selkie]] myths.