V is for Virginia and the Merfolk in Norfolk Stories about mermaids are told around the world. I have also discovered that there are many people who like to celebrate all things mermaid. Norfolk, Virginia is a city that certainly knows how to pay tribute to mermaids. What began as an idea to raise […]
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U is for Ukrainian Mermaids and Undine
U is for Ukranian mermaids and Undine and a giveaway for the A to Z Blog Challenge. Off the shore of the Crimean Sea town of Miskhot in the Ukraine, there is a exquisite statue of a mermaid holding a baby. As the legend goes, there was a beautiful girl named Arzy who lived in […]
S is for Sukey’s Mermaid, Starbucks, and Stamps!
S in a Mermaid World Storyteller say, This happened oncet upon a time, on a little island off the coast of South Carolina. So begins the story of Sukey and the Mermaid, retold by Robert D. San Souci and illustrated by Brian Pinkney. Sukey was a young girl whose lazy new stepfather forced her to […]
R is for Russian Rusalka living in a mermaid world
Welcome to R day in the A to Z Blog Challenge where I am spending the month searching for all things mermaid. R is for Russia where the folklore includes stories about Rusalka, spirits of young women or girls who suffered tragic deaths. Their spirits resided on the bottom of lakes and rivers. They were […]
P is for Parade, Passamaquoddy, and Ponyo in a Mermaid World
The Native American Passamaquoddy tribe of northeastern Maine and Canada tell the story of the Ne Hwas, two girls who disobeyed their mother by swimming where they were told not to go. The water was enchanted and the girls turned into mermaids. Unfortunately for them, their days of playing on the shore were over […]