Mermaid

:For the 1990 movie Mermaids, see Mermaids (movie).

Fiction

Mermaids are present in many books and films, becoming one of the most popular creatures of pop culture. The first time a mermaid was envisioned within her own culture was apparently the one in The Little Mermaid of Hans Christian Andersen. This mermaid was embodied in a bronze sculpture in Copenhagen harbour and much later was turned into a Disney movie of the same name. The Anderson tale was also portrayed in the Faerie Tale Theatre series and other (less well known) movies.

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Pop culture - The Little Mermaid - Hans Christian Andersen - Copenhagen - Disney - Of the same name

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In Splash (1984), starring Daryl Hannah and Tom Hanks, Hannah played a mermaid who fell in love with a man. She could walk dry land as a human female, but whenever water touched her legs they changed into a fish-tail. Much of the movie revolves around her humorous attempts to conceal her true identity from her lover. A television series followed called Splash, Too in 1988.

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Splash - 1984 - Daryl Hannah - Tom Hanks - 1988

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Miranda, starring Glynis Johns, is another popular movie to feature a mermaid. She Creature (2001) featured a villainous mermaid who seemed to have a taste for human flesh and lesbian tendencies.

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Miranda - Glynis Johns

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A made-for-cable movie, Mermaids, starring Nikita Ager, Sarah Laine and Erika Heynatz aired on the PAX network in 2003. It was about a trio of mermaid sisters named Venus, June and Diana who solve their father's murder.

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Advertising characters from television commercials include the Chicken of the Sea Mermaid, who is the cartoon mascot for a brand of tuna and other products.

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Advertising characters - Television - Chicken of the Sea Mermaid - Cartoon - Mascot - Tuna

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Mermaids are also featured in Hook,%20 Magic Island and the upcoming film adaptations of The Chronicles of Narnia. Mermaids and mermen (called merpeople) are present in the Harry Potter series, specifically in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

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Hook - Magic Island - The Chronicles of Narnia - Merpeople - Harry Potter - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

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L. Frank Baum (creator of Oz) wrote a novel about merfolk, The Sea Fairies.

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L. Frank Baum - Oz - The Sea Fairies

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For many years, the comic book superhero Superman had a romantic love interest with a mermaid woman named Lori Lemaris. The name Lori Lemaris was probably drawn from Lorelei rock in the Rhine added to maris, from the Latin mare, meaning ocean.

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Comic book - Superhero - Superman - Lori Lemaris - Lorelei - Rhine - Latin - Mare

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Mermaids are also fictional creatures in the Dungeons and Dragons game. They are the females of the merfolk race. The males are known as mermen.

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Dungeons and Dragons - Merfolk - Mermen

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