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000913815 24504 $$aThe Penguin book of mermaids /$$cedited by Cristina Bacchilega and Marie Alohalani Brown.
000913815 24630 $$aMermaids
000913815 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bPenguin Books,$$c2019.
000913815 300__ $$axxix, 330 pages ;$$c20 cm
000913815 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
000913815 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
000913815 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier
000913815 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000913815 5050_ $$aWater deities and sirens from olden times -- Mermaids and other merbeings in Europe -- Literary tales -- Merfolk and water spirits across cultures
000913815 520__ $$aAmong the oldest and most popular mythical beings, mermaids and other merfolk have captured the imagination since long before Ariel sold her voice to a sea witch in the beloved Disney film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid." As far back as the eighth century BC, sailors in Homer's Odyssey stuffed wax in their ears in order to resist the Sirens who lured men to their watery deaths with song. More than two thousand years later, the gullible New York public lined up to witness a mummified "mermaid" specimen that the enterprising showman P.T. Barnum swore was real. The Penguin Book of Mermaids is a  treasury of such tales about merfolk and water spirits from different cultures, ranging from the Scottish selkies to Hindu water-serpents to Chilean sea fairies. A third of the selections are published here in English for the first time, and all are accompanied by commentary that explores their undercurrents, showing how public perceptions of this popular mythical hybrid at one a human and a fish illuminate issues of gender, spirituality, ecology, and sexuality.
000913815 650_0 $$aMermaids.
000913815 650_0 $$aFairy tales$$xHistory and criticism.
000913815 650_0 $$aSymbolism in fairy tales.
000913815 650_0 $$aWomen$$vFolklore.
000913815 650_0 $$aSex role$$xFolklore.
000913815 650_0 $$aHuman ecology.
000913815 650_0 $$aSpirituality in literature.
000913815 7001_ $$aBacchilega, Cristina,$$d1955-$$eeditor.
000913815 7001_ $$aBrown, Marie Alohalani,$$eeditor.
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