From the seas of antiquity to the city streets of today,
A Mermaid’s Tale explores the myth and meanings of the mermaid. Beginning with Melusina, the bathing mermaid par excellence,
Amanda Adams goes on to describe the seductive sirens and their honeyed songs, the powerful Arctic sea goddess Sedna, and the long-haired rusalki or Russian lore, among other legendary mermaids. As she tells their stories, she also expresses a love of the mermaid that surely no sea-bound sailor could ever match.
Grounded in cultural anthropology, folklore studies, and intellectual rigor,
A Mermaid’s Tale also draws on literature, poetry, and mythology for its insights. It is a book filled with depth and detail as it describes Adam’s swim through the ocean of her own life in search of the unusual, the beautiful, and the perfectly extraordinary.
Tabella dei contenuti
Introduction: Celadon Seas
Chapter 1: Tail in the Tub
Chapter 2: Ancient Beaches
Chapter 3: Siren’s Song
Chapter 4: You Might Be a Selchie
Chapter 5: Yemaya on the Beach
Chapter 6: Sedna
Chapter 7: Seduction by Land and Sea
Chapter 8: Rusalki Revelations
Circa l’autore
Amanda S. Adams is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and holds a Master’s degree in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She has worked as a fashion model, an archaeologist, and a freelance writer and illustrator. This is her first book, though by no means her first encounter with mermaids.
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