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People might go to the movies to escape reality. Yet Barbie and Ariel choose to live in the world their audiences inhabit − and, in doing so, decide to die.
In The Little Mermaid, audiences finally get to see Ariel in all her powerful, adventurous glory.
From Ancient Mesopotamia to Shakespeare to Arnhem Land, humans have been telling tails of mermaids for millennia.
These literary works ask readers to rethink the histories of these half-human sea creatures and their role in society today.
A mermaid with face of a monkey and body of fish has reignited interest in the Japanese ningyo
From Fiji to France to Central Australia, stories abound of lands lost beneath the sea. Some are likely founded on millennia-old memories of coastal submergence, offering us clues today.
Mermaids are not real, but are meaningful to people around the world.
While the other members of the Sirenia are found in the Atlantic, the dugong is the only sea cow found in the Indian Ocean and south-western Pacific. This highlights its deep African connections.
Even if mermaids aren’t real, they’ll likely feature in human stories for many years to come. Very few mythical creatures are found in so many diverse cultures, across so many years without changing.
Humans’ love affair with these mythical creatures dates back to the dawn of civilisation and shows no sign of abating.
Fantasy often meets reality when we try to find explanations for mythological creatures.
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