Mermaid and Other Water Spirit Tales From Around the World by Heidi Anne Heiner

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By Heidi Anne Heiner

showing less than many alternative guises, mermaids have a protracted, diverse background courting again many centuries. our modern-day notion of mermaids is based mostly upon the mermaids and merrows of northern Europe, in particular Scandinavia, Scotland and eire, in addition to the sirens of old Greece. notwithstanding, water spirits of a few variety exist in virtually each tradition located close to our bodies of water, be they oceans, lakes, rivers or maybe wells and comes. This assortment gathers jointly examples of the earliest scholarship on mermaids and their folkloric family, together with numerous articles approximately their heritage from precedent days to the 19th century whilst mermaids captured the general public and literary mind's eye in the course of the folklore renaissance of the 1800s. as well as the articles, over one hundred fifty stories and ballads approximately mermaids and different water spirits from worldwide are compiled into this one handy anthology. The emphasis is at the ecu mermaid in her many guises, yet tales from Africa, Asia, and the Americas also are integrated. even if you're a mermaid fanatic or a pupil of folklore, this anthology bargains a various array of stories with a unifying topic that either entertains and educates, all amassed for the 1st time in a single priceless collection.

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