Among the Mermaids

Name: Among the Mermaids
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ISBN: 9781578635450

Facts, Myths, and Enchantments from the Sirens of the Sea

Varla Ventura (Varla Ventura)

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English

Red Wheel/Weiser
08 October 2013

Religion & beliefs; Folklore, myths & legends

From Homer's Odyssey to Pirates of the Caribbean, Mermaids have fascinated popular culture for centuries. This is an enchanting collection of classic stories, facts and tales of mermaids from around the world that will thrill every lover of this romanticised mythological creature. Compiled by Book of the Bizarre author and Magical Creature devotee, Varla Ventura, It includes turn of the century tales of merfolk from Bret Harte, T. Crofton Croker and W.B. Yeats, along with fun facts about mermaids in popular culture.Fun facts about the fluid and the fair:*Many people believe today that early explorer sightings of mermaids were manatees. (Scurvy + many days away from your lady = a blubbery creature looking supple and bodacious) *Blackbeard, the fierce and terrible pirate, was afraid of his crew being lured into a watery grave by mermaids, so he ordered his ships to avoid certain areas reputed to have a high number of mermaid sightings.*Since 2009, the town of Kiryat Yam, Israel has offered a prize of $1 million dollars to anyone who can prove the mermaid off their coast is real. The prize still remains unclaimed.

By: Varla Ventura (Varla Ventura)
Imprint: Red Wheel/Weiser
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 178mm, Width: 127mm, Spine: 23mm
ISBN: 9781578635450
ISBN 10: 1578635454
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 08 October 2013
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Varla Ventura is the author of The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond Bizarre and a lover of all things strange, freaky and terrifying. She is the curator of the Weiser Magical Creatures and Paranormal Parlor series of e-books.