Punishment+Myth+-+Mark,+Billy,+Meg

One day, the huntresses who followed Artemis were camping by the beach. One of them, Sofia, spotted a sailor on the deck of a ship that was docked nearby. Immediately, Sofia fell in love. This, however, went against the vow she made to Artemis to never fall in love with a man. Artemis was able to tell that Sofia was in love with a man, and told her, “If you stay in love with this man and follow him, you will be punished beyond belief.” Sofia, too curious about love and this sailor, sneaked away in the dead of night and swam after the ship. Back at the camp, Artemis sensed the absence of one of her huntresses and knew it was Sofia. She alerted Poseidon and told him to sink the ship that the sailor was on, and to punish Sofia. Sofia witnessed the death of her new love and wept. She too was swept away by the whirlpool that Poseidon had made and was dragged to the depths. Poseidon changed her into a mermaid. Poseidon and Artemis made sure that whenever a woman foolishly followed a man out to sea, she would be turned into a mermaid.