Mermaid captures a maiden — Mythoi

Motif

Mermaid captures a maiden.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Fish-men. · view the constellation · filed as B81.4

Cited in the index

general *Fb "havfrue" IV 204a.

Within the index

Filed under Mermaid. Woman with tail of fish. Lives in sea.

Filed beside it

Mermaids are like fishes in the water, like men on land Woman from water world Mermaids from Pharoah's children. They were drowned in the Red Sea Mermaid marries man Mermaid leads people astray Mermaid sits on knight's bedpost Mermaid has human midwife Mermaid warns of bad weather Mermaid cannot pass through ice Appearance of mermaid Mermaid swallows man Mermaid's singing causes sleep. Girl tumbles from boat and drowns When mermaid appears Miscellaneous actions of mermaid

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