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  2. Mermaid - Wikipedia

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    In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. [1] Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as storms, shipwrecks, and drownings (cf. § Omens ...

  3. Mermaids in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    In a novel set in the Caribbean, a girl grieving her mother's death finds a mermaid's comb and is granted a wish, but the wish comes at a dangerous cost and the mermaid is plotting revenge. Deep Trouble: 1994: R. L. Stine: The 19th book in the Goosebumps series. A boy named Billy Deep finds a mermaid. El Regalo del Pescador (The Fisherman's ...

  4. Sailors' superstitions - Wikipedia

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    The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" was published in 1837. The story was adapted into a Disney film with a bowdlerized plot. In the original version, The Little Mermaid is the youngest daughter of a sea king who lives at the bottom of the sea.

  5. Are mermaids real or a fin-tastic fable? The history and ...

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    In recent years, so-called “mer-culture” has been on the rise. Take, for example, Disney’s 2023 remake of “The Little Mermaid,” the 2023 Netflix documentary “MerPeople” and ...

  6. Mermaids: The Body Found - Wikipedia

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    Mermaids: The Body Found is a Documentary television program [1] originally aired on American TV channels Animal Planet (May 27, 2012) and Discovery Channel (June 17, 2012). It tells a story of a scientific team's investigative efforts to uncover the source behind mysterious underwater recordings of an unidentified marine body.

  7. Swimmers swap legs for a tail at mermaid classes in China - AOL

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    "The Mermaid has definitely made many people realize the concept of a mermaid and people can dress up as mermaids. After the movie's success I heavily promoted my courses," said Li.

  8. With 5 dead off county's coast, why are rip currents, heavy ...

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    Five people have died in the rough waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Palm Beach County’s coast since Nov. 1.. The two most recent: A 15-year-old boy and a 55-year-old man, one in Boynton Beach ...

  9. Rusalka - Wikipedia

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    2018 – The Mermaid: Lake of the Dead, a horror film about a rusalka who falls in love with a man and places a curse on him. 2018 – Rusalki feature in The Surface Breaks, a YA novel by Louise O'Neill and a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's 1857 story "The Little Mermaid".