Contrary to what the Disney movie would have you believe, mermaids are more often associated with bad luck and tragedy than with romance and fabulous red hair. In legends and folklore about the ...

From Shakespeare to Disney's Ariel and Darryl Hannah, mermaids make frequent appearances in theatre, literature and film, and are often mentioned in folk tales from all over the world. Now, the ...

The earliest known mermaid myth is 3,000 years old and originated in Assyria. The story goes that the goddess Atargatis accidentally killed her human lover. She was so distraught that she flung ...

With just one painting, the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte made everyone reconsider everything they know about mermaids. Collective Invention literally flipped the entire concept on its head ...

Before microscopes and satellites, the unknown world was a canvas for myth. When ancient explorers discovered fossils, ...

Mermaids are one of the creatures that the fantasy world can’t get enough of. They’re right up there with dragons and unicorns when it comes to mythical creatures that nerdy kids never really grow out ...

The young woman at the center of Samantha Hunt’s novel, The Seas, (being re-released by Tin House Books on July 10) is one you won’t quickly forget. In fact, she will haunt you. A 19-year-old outcast ...

Rusalka, Dvorak’s tragic opera, comes to FLC in HD Antonin Dvorák’s “Hymn to the Moon” sets a drippingly romantic tone for his operatic fairy tale, “Rusalka.” Early in Act I, the title character, a ...

SHINE ON: Erin M. Brydon’s photo captures the ideal of mermaid undersea serenity. In the limitless blue sea, iridescence glimmers off the scales of her slick and powerful tail. She is graceful and ...