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Mermaid (DarkWorkX/Pixabay) — 16 Oct 2019

Sirenas, Songstresses of the Philippine Seas

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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In 1493, Christopher Columbus claimed to have spotted a few mermaids and left decidedly unimpressed, writing that they: “were not as pretty as they are depicted, for somehow in the face they look like men”. Despite their failure to impress...
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Mermaid (DarkWorkX/Pixabay) — 16 Oct 2019

Sirenas, Songstresses of the Philippine Seas

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

0

In 1493, Christopher Columbus claimed to have spotted a few mermaids and left decidedly unimpressed, writing that they: “were not as pretty as they are depicted, for somehow in the face they look like men”. Despite their failure to impress...
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Tramin (South Tyrol. )Saint James church in Kastelaz: Romanesque frescos (1210s ) showing fantastic creatures. (Public Domain) — 22 May 2019

Hiding in Plain Sight: Medieval Mermaids in Churches

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

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Why would an ancient, folkloric, but non-Biblical, character such as a mermaid find its way into so many medieval European churches? And can such mermaid imagery and symbology be correlated with the more overt pagan symbols of the Green Man and...
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Tramin (South Tyrol. )Saint James church in Kastelaz: Romanesque frescos (1210s ) showing fantastic creatures. (Public Domain) — 22 May 2019

Hiding in Plain Sight: Medieval Mermaids in Churches

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

0

Why would an ancient, folkloric, but non-Biblical, character such as a mermaid find its way into so many medieval European churches? And can such mermaid imagery and symbology be correlated with the more overt pagan symbols of the Green Man and...
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The Sea Maiden by Herbert James Draper (1894) (Public Domain) — 15 Feb 2019

Selkies, Sirens, Swan Maidens and Otherworldly Brides

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

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A common motif in British folklore is that of an otherworldly female, who is somehow captured or charmed by a mortal man to be his bride. The females are often therianthropes, that is shape-shifters, who seem to be part human and part animal, but...
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The Sea Maiden by Herbert James Draper (1894) (Public Domain) — 15 Feb 2019

Selkies, Sirens, Swan Maidens and Otherworldly Brides

By nrushton

Mythology & Mystery

1

A common motif in British folklore is that of an otherworldly female, who is somehow captured or charmed by a mortal man to be his bride. The females are often therianthropes, that is shape-shifters, who seem to be part human and part animal, but...
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