Appearance of mermaid — Mythoi

Motif

Appearance of mermaid.

Animals. · Mythical animals. · Fish-men. · view the constellation · filed as B81.9

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.
general Fb "havfrue" IV 204a

Within the index

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

5 finer motifs beneath it

Mermaid's hair reaches her waist Mermaid has large breasts Mermaid half-beautiful, half-monstrous Giant mermaid Skin of mermaid

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 captures a maiden Mermaid sits on knight's bedpost Mermaid has human midwife Mermaid warns of bad weather Mermaid cannot pass through ice 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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