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Hayley
Jesse Johnson
Lee Witham
Princess King-Taylor
and Robert Torres
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Music
By: Andreas Tophøj & Rune Barslund
“A Moment To Reflect” By Liam Bradbury
“The Last Dance” By: Reuben Ch’ng
By: Markando Folkemusik
“The Hidden” By JM Scherf
“Over The Ocean” By idanyi
“” By: Tone Hulbækmo
“” By: Rosenberg Sjua
Recommended Reading
The Little Mermaid by: Hans Christian Andersen
by: Heidi Anne Heiner
The Legend of Mélusine by: Jean d’Arras
Undine by: Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
Show Notes
This painting, “The Mermaid” by John William Waterhouse, is one reason I believe Ariel from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” was given red hair, since Hans Christian Andersen never described the little mermaid’s hair color in his fairy tale.
Bibliography
Alexander, Skye. Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, & Lore. Avon, MA: Adams Media, 2012.
Andersen, H. C., and Lily Owens. The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales. New York: Avenel, 1981. Print.
Berk, Ari. The Secret History of Mermaids and Creatures of the Deep. 1st ed. Somerville: Candlewick, 2009
Heiner, Heidi Anne. Mermaid and Other Water Spirit Tales from around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune, 2011.
Film
The Little Mermaid. Walt Disney Pictures, 1989.
Waking Sleeping Beauty. Stone Circle Pictures, 2003
World Wide Web
Creating Ariel – Stuff They Don’t Tell You – http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/disney-princess/articles/17204/title/creating-ariel-stuff-dont-tell
Sacred Texts – The Elements and Their Inhabitants – http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/sta25.htm
SurLaLune Fairy Tales: History of Little Mermaid – http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/littlemermaid/history.html
Undines, Water Spirits – Occultapedia – http://www.occultopedia.com/u/undines.htm
Wikipeida – Mermaid – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid
Wikipedia – Mesuline – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melusine
Wikipedia -The Little Mermaid – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid
Wikipedia – Undine (Novella) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undine_(novella)
Love your work. Big fan of all the actual context, and real history told with flare. Thanks for what you do.
Absolutely beautiful music choices in this episode!
Highly recommend Undine to everyone – it’s a beautiful work of literature, highly accessible. I read it when I was 8 or 9, and it has stayed with me since.
My step-daughter and I love your podcast. She really liked this episode. I think Dad liked it, too. Thank you!
Thank you so much for putting this episode up! It’s always such a treat when you release new episodes. Keep up the good work.
I am a long time die hard fan of the Little Mermaid, I still own the original VHS with the mermaid, Mirena in it from the 80’s, and I learned a few things. I think I might reread the original story to my children this evening!
Thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
it really good
I think the reason Ariel has seven sisters when the original mermaid has six is because of the relevance of the number seven in mythology. Seventh son of a seventh son, seven deadly sins, seven with one blow… it goes on and on.