A Book of Mermaids

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Stories about mermaids come from almost each country by the ocean—from Iceland to India; The us to Arabia. Most mermaids have flowing golden hair, long graceful tails, and a beauty that lures men to the bottom of the ocean. Sven, within the Danish story, “Sven and Lilli,” followed Lilli to her ocean home, where “they live happily. And there, in their domed house under the ocean, so people say, they’re living still.”

But not all mermaids are beautiful, and a few are unchancy creatures indeed. There’s a mermaid within the Irish tale, “The Magic Lake,” who has “pig’s eyes and wolf’s teeth, and a mouth…grinning from ear to ear.” And the beautiful mermaid Groach, within the Breton story, “The Groach of the Isle of Lok,” casts a spell over handsome young men, marries them, after which turns them into rainbow-colored fish.

In these sixteen stories Ruth Manning-Sanders captures the quicksilver personalities of mermaids and mermen as she tells in their marvelous schemes and adventures.


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