Mermaid
legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a female human and the fin of a fish
English: A mermaid is a legendary creature with a female human head and torso (if it's male, it's called a merman) and the tail of a fish, which inhabits the water.
Español: Sirenas, como criaturas mitológicas marinas.
Italiano: Sirene, come creature leggendarie marine.
Mermaid gallery
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Double tailed Mermaid (16th century)
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Arnold Böcklin: Das Spiel der Najaden, 1886
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John Collier: The Land Baby, 1909
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Knut Ekvall The Fisherman and The Siren
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Frederic Leighton: The Fisherman and the Syren , around 1856
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"A Mermaid" by John William Waterhouse, 1900.
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Advertisement in The Ladies' World, March 1896
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Paul Avril: Sappho, 1906
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Franz von Stuck: Faun und Nixe, 1918
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Mermaid from Clonfert Cathedral Co. Galway, Ireland
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Mermaid (adjusted) from Clonfert Cathedral, Co. Galway, Ireland.
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Mural in Bangkok, Thailand
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Annette Kellerman in Merrilla, the Queen of the Sea, 1918
Sculptures
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In 1557 in Besigheim, Germany
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Mermaid in Bamberg, Germany
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Detail from San Filippo Neri Church (17th/18th century) in Syracuse (Sicily)
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Detail of a street lamp, Place de la Concorde, Paris
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sculpture of a mermaid over a sea creature, made by Antonio Parera Saurina (1868–1946). Detail of the monument to Alfonso XII in the Jardines del Buen Retiro in Madrid (Spain), built from 1902 to 1922
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Sacro Bosco of Bomarzo, Sirene and two lions
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Mermaid statue at the Laem Samila beach, Songkhla, Thailand. Statue created in 1966 by Jitr Buabus
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Mermaid by William Bloye
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Relief by William Bloye
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Escultura, plaza de Chonchi, Chile
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Mermaid & family, Wedgewood button with M.Boulton cut steels, circa 1760 (Britain)