“Merlion” (Singa-Laut in Malay), a beautiful mascot of Singapore, is an imaginary and fanciful creature, standing as a marvelous symbol of art and imagination at 5 places in Singapore. This marvelous creature has a head of a lion and the body of a mermaid combining courage and beauty. The mascot designed by Fraser Brunner, a member of the Souvenir Committee and curator of the Van Kleef Aquarium, is not based on random ideas but is symbolic. The fish body represents the fishing culture of Singapore and the lion head comes from Singapore’s name “Singapura”, meaning lion city. Via Link
History narrates a story about the birth of Merlion. The discovery and founding of Singapore is linked to this mascot and according to history, Singapore’s founder might have helped imagining Merlion. A Malay prince Sang Nila Utama discovered Singapore while in a look out to find a land of his desire to build a new city. He started searching islands. While on his hunt he went to an island. He was hunting deers when he saw a beautiful island with beaches like white sheet of cloth glistening charmingly under the sunlight. He was awe-stricken by the charm of the land. On inquiring, he came to know that the land was called Temasek.
He had decided to live in this beautiful island, so he planned a visit to the island. On their way to the island, they were stuck in a storm and were forced to throw their belongings in the sea to save the ship from sinking. After reaching the island, he went out in the forests for some hunting and saw an unusual creature with a red body, black head and white breast. He assumed it to be a lion. Later it was proven that Singapore never had inhabited lion. Some say that he declared that it vanished in water. It might have been a tiger or his imagination. He named the city Singapura i.e Lion City. Via Link
The Merlion (Malay: Singa-Laut) is an imaginary creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, used as a mascot of Singapore. Its name combines “mer” meaning the sea and “lion“. The fish body comes from Singapore’s ancient name back when it was a fishing village — Temasek — meaning “sea town” in Javanese. The lion head represents Singapore’s original name — Singapura — meaning “lion city” or “kota singa”.
The symbol was designed by Fraser Brunner, a member of the Souvenir Committee and curator of the Van Kleef Aquarium, for the logo of the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) in use from 26 March 1964 to 1997.[1] The Merlion continues to be its trademark symbol since 20 July 1966. Although the STB changed their logo in 1997, the STB Act continues to protect the Merlion symbol.[2] Approval must be received from STB before it can be used. The Merlion appears frequently on STB-approved souvenirs.
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