Mermaids
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Havman, 47, 59, 116, 117
Hawaii, 170–72, 175, 177–78, 179
Hidden meanings, 202–14
Hina, 172, 174–75
Hoori, 160–61
Hoori and Hoderi, 160–61
Huanglong, 164
Hudson, Henry, 21, 132
Iele, the, 135
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Arthurian Legends (Coghlan), 106
Image of mermaids, changing, 212–14
Indian mermaids, 137, 148–51, 160
Indulgence, sin of, 68. See also Vanity
Ireland and British Isles, 93–109
Irish Folk Stories and Fairy Tales (Yeats), 92
The Iron King (Kagawa), 168
Isle of Man, 71, 72, 93, 108
Israel, 22
Italy, Sirena of, 124–25, 180
Japan, 153–59, 160–62, 167
Jung, Carl G., 22–23
Kanaloa, 179
Kappa, 161–62
Kataw, 180
Korea, 167
Ladies of the lakes, 105
Lasirèn, 194–96, 210
Las Vegas (NV), 198–99
Li, 164
“The Little Mermaid” (Andersen), 6–7, 19, 40, 60, 110, 112–14, 128
The Little Mermaid (film), 6–7, 23, 40, 112, 200
Local Hero (film), 80
Look (appearance) of mermaids. See also Shapeshifters; Snakes/serpents
about: overview of, 27
ancient tales, 28–29
in art, 32–36
biological classification and, 52
countenance, 49–50
dissection description, 50
tailless water maidens, 31
twin tails, 41–42, 43, 190–91, 206–7
Lorelei, 120–21
“The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock” (Eliot), 54
“Lusty Ladies: Mermaids in the Medieval Irish Church” (Radford), 68
Magickal Mermaids and Water Creatures (Conway), 6, 198
Mamba Muntu, 147
Mami Wata, 36, 45, 138–41
Manatees and dugongs, 20, 21, 124
“A Man Young and Old” (Yeats), 61
Mapping mermaids, 58
Marketing and merchandising, 24, 25, 42, 160, 185–86
Marriages, 18–20, 97, 112–13, 117, 118, 123, 133–34, 161, 169
Mascots, 89
Maui (god), 172, 174–75, 177
Maui (island), 171
Maushop, 187–88
Meanings of mermaids. See also Symbolism
Melusina, 123
“The Mermaid” (Fenkl), 42
The Mermaid (Leyden), 28, 184
The Mermaid (Tennyson), 10
The Mermaid Chair and the Secret Life of Bees (Kidd), 57
Mermaid Convention (Las Vegas), 198–99
“The Mermaid Myth” (Cheek), 23
“Mermaids” (BBC), 202
Mermaids (Phillpotts), 60, 124
The Mermaid Shawl & Other Beauties (Valentine), 200
“Mermaids in Myth and Art” (Anderson), 20, 90
Mermaid Tavern, 95
Mermen. See also Ea (Oannes); Triton
about, 46–47
Blue Men of the Muir, 103–4
captured, 108
Glaucus, 46–47, 91
greedy, 104
Hoori, 160–61
kataw and, 180
miniature, 118
poem about, 39
powers of, 16
sightings, 22
siyokoy, 180
Swedish water lilies and, 117
Tangaroa and, 178–79
Tuna, 174
twin tailed, 190–200
Merrow, 14, 97
Metamorphoses (Ovid), 13–14, 91
Military merfolk, 62
Miniature mermen, 118
Mirrors. See Combs and mirrors
Moana-Nui-Ka-Lehua, 177
Mo’o goddesses, 170–72
Muses, 107
Nagas and Naginis, 45, 148–50, 166
Naiads, 17
The Narrow Land (Reynard), 187
Neptune. See Poseidon (Neptune)
Nereids, 17, 85, 86
New Zealand, 169, 174
Ngalyod, 45, 182
Nin, Anaïs, 52
Ningyo fish, 158–59
Nixes, 37, 47, 118–20, 128
Noah’s Ark, 14
North/South American mermaids, 185–201
Nuwa, 45, 165–66
Nymphs, 17–18, 19, 20, 81, 85–86, 107, 113, 130–31
Oceanids, 17, 85–86
Odyssey (Homer), 24, 58, 90
The Old Mermaid’s Tale (Valentine), 26
Ondines (undines), 19–20, 31, 32, 113, 128
Origins of mermaids, 11–25
common origins, 119
first stories, 15–16
“mermaid” word origins, 13–14, 20, 124
Noah’s Ark and, 14
nymphs, sprites and, 17–18
symbolism of water and, 12–13
Oshun, 143–45
Ovid, 13–14, 29, 88, 91
Panlong, 164
Parade, Coney Island, 7, 197
Passamaquoddy mermaids, 186–87
Pearl diving “mermaids,” 167
Peru, 193–94
Peter Pan (Barrie), 199
Physiologus, 64–65
Pirates, 109
Pisces, 79
Poems by Anne Bannerman (Bannerman), 152
Polynesia, 17
Poseidon (Neptune), 16, 47, 89. See also Triton
Potter, Harry, 103
Rainbow Serpents, 182–83
Reptilian water deities, 44–46. See also Snakes/serpents
Roberts, Emma, 51
Rusalka (film), 130
Rusalky, 127–31, 133
Russia, 127, 128–29, 130, 132, 134
Salmon boy, 188–90
Scandinavian merfolk, 116–18. See also Copenhagen
Schlesinger, Felix, 36, 139
Scotland, 29, 48, 53, 94, 103–4, 107, 108
Sea cows, 21
Sea Fables Explained (Lee), 145
“The Sea-Fairies” (Tennyson), 64
A Sea Spell (Rossetti), 98
The Secret of Roan Inish (film), 37, 95
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Hall), 19, 32, 34, 85, 204
Sedna, 191–93
Seduction and The Secret Power of Women: The Lure of Sirens and Mermaids (Lao), 56
Seductive attributes, 68–69. See also Sensuality and sexuality
Selkies, 37, 83, 94–96
Sensuality and sexuality, 33, 34, 42, 56, 63, 68, 142, 186, 205–6, 212–14
“Shadows of the Goddess—The Mermaid” (deMason), 196
Shakespeare, 31, 63, 76, 95
Shapeshifters, 36–38, 52, 73–74, 128, 133–34, 139, 145–46, 149, 170, 177, 182–83, 190, 212. See also Selkies
Shawl for mermaids, 200
Sightings. See Siren(s), sightings
Sirena, 124–25, 180
Siren(s)
death metaphor, 60
Melusina, 123
“mermaid” word origin and, 20, 124
poems, 76, 126
sensual, 205–6
sightings, 22, 29, 44, 48, 53, 66, 72, 91, 117, 132, 134, 151, 171, 178, 198
Sirena, 124–25, 180
slang, 36
song/myth of, 24, 56–59, 60, 87, 90–91
spiritual, 43
Siyokoy, 180
Slang terms, 36, 139
Slavic water spirits, 133–34. See also Rusalky
Sleep of Ondine, 19, 20
Smith, John, 66
Snakes/serpents, 18, 44–46, 81, 86–87, 91, 133–34, 138–39, 145–46, 147, 148–49, 165–66, 168, 170–71, 182–83, 212
Song of mermaids/sirens, 24, 56–59, 60, 90–91
South Seas mermaids, 169–80
Spirituality, 43, 138–41, 212
Splash (film), 38
Sprites, 17
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Stamps, mermaids on, 83
Starbucks, 41–42, 65, 206–7
Sumerian water deities, 81–82
Survival Guide for Landlocked Mermaids (Datz), 15
Swedish water lilies, 117
Tailless water maidens, 31
Tails
hidden meaning of, 206–7
on market today, 25
twin, 43, 190–91, 206–7
Talking to mermaids, 40
Tangaroa, 176, 178–79
Thessalonike, 86, 103
Tiamat, 79
Toyotama, 160–61
Trewella, Mathew, 100–101
Triton, 16, 29, 47, 59, 71, 88–89, 112, 124
Tuna, 174–75
Twin-tailed merfolk, 43, 190–91, 206–7
Ukrainian rusalky, 130–31
Undine (Fouqué), 113, 128. See also Ondines
United states mermaids, 185–93, 197–201
Vanity, 43, 63, 68, 207–9. See also Combs and mirrors
Vodou. See Lasiren
Wang Fu, 163
Warsaw Mermaid, 121–22
Water
fairies, 106–7
hidden meaning of mermaids and, 204–5
symbolism of, 12–13
Wise and winsome creatures, 101–2, 210–12
Yawkyawks, 15–16, 38, 66, 181–82
Yemaya, 141–42
Youth, eternal, 158–59
Zennor, Mermaid of, 100–101
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