Mermaids of Earth Blog – Mermaid statues, art and mermaids in our cultures

A mermaid has been the signature symbol of the City of Norfolk since 2002.   The idea of a “Mermaid Parade” came up in 1999, ...

A Mermaid movement is gaining momentum, and is already changing the world and the situation of our oceans dying is getting some serious help from ...

The city of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, has a mermaid carrying a sword and shield on its coat of arms. That same mermaid is ...

Ko Samet is a small island in a cluster of islands on the eastern seaboard of Thailand. Its beautiful beaches are a big attraction for ...

Many mythologies feature mermaids, mysterious half-fish, half-human beings. Various cultures worshiped or feared them as deities or spirits. Most have been female, hence the name ...

Earth is still the only place we humans have confirmed as supporting life. Of the millions of species on our planet, the oceans contain several ...

Human history is filled with mermaid legends. Men and women from just about every corner of the earth have spun yarns, written literature, and created ...

Would you like to see mermaids? Who wouldn’t? After thousands of years and multiple legends about them in many different cultures, mermaids continue to charm ...

There is no shortage of beautiful sights in the Caribbean, but there is one that only so many can see… because it is in 55 ...

Just about every corner of the world has lore and legends about mermaids. For the most part, they are depicted as mean-spirited tricksters who often ...

Unless you know your mythology, you might be thinking, “Who or what is Melusine? A medication? A monster from Harry Potter?” Melusine is a mythical ...

So many cultures have amazing myths and stories about mermaids or creatures like them. The form and interpretation you probably know best comes from Hans ...

For thousands of years, in just about every culture spanning the globe, humankind has told tales that blur the line between what’s real and what’s ...

The Scandia restaurant in the Yokohama harbor just outside Tokyo very appropriately installed a replica of Denmark's Little Mermaid statue outside their restaurant.  map The ...

Mermaids have been a part of folklore for centuries in many countries around the world. While children are often enthralled by tales of mermaids and ...

The Chamorro culture of Guam has an old folk tale about Sirena of Guam.  The legend is preserved also with a statue in Sirena Park. ...

Mermaids have held a special place of both mystery and enchantment in people’s minds for centuries and that continues to this day. Mermaids and their ...

Eastport, the eastern-most city in the United States, received its bronze mermaid sculpture yesterday.  map The mermaid was created by local artist Richard Klyver, and ...

The Bangor Daily News ran this article on the upcoming unveiling of a new mermaid statue in Eastport Maine. https://bangordailynews.com/2015/07/22/news/down-east/mermaid-to-adorn-eastport-harbor-walk/ It's exciting to see a ...

The Animal Planet programs on mermaids have certainly achieved one objective - that of creating news and discussion. It has not all been nice - ...

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It was announced today that a 6 meter (20') bronze mermaid statue was installed on the Porto Bello Business and Cultural Centre in Limassol, on the ...

The beautiful and charming City of Tarpon Springs on the west coast of Florida now has its fabulous 6' 4" bronze mermaid statue, the Ama ...

"The fountains at Peterhof in St. Petersburg (Russia) are immensely impressive, built on a grand scale. The Samson Fountain, which is part of the "Great ...

I saw an interesting article today, mentioning the rapid growth of LinkedIn in England, and mentioning that the 15 million LinkedIn members in the United ...

There was a nice article yesterday in The Cavalier Daily about Hales Parcells, a college student who turned her love of mermaids and her passion ...

Last year I reported that the City of Luxembourg (which is not just a city, but a country in its own right) was planning a ...

The Japanese island of Okinawa has a mermaid statue on Moon Beach on the western coast of the island. Okinawa's Moon Beach Mermaid. Photo © ...

Ama Maria in San Antonio, TX It is official.  The beautiful and charming City of Tarpon Springs on the west coast of Florida is getting ...

Daydream Island is just over half a mile long and about 600 feet wide, on the northeast coast of Australia, close to the Great Barrier ...

The Golden Mermaid in Songkhla, Thailand, has been in the press this week as a result of people conducting prayers in her location, and draping ...

Weeki Wachee Springs State Park has been home to both live mermaids and mermaid statues since 1947.  Located on the west coast of Florida, it ...

This wonderful rendition of a mermaid in granite and marble was created by Barcelona sculptor Antonio Cañete, and is located on the waterfront promenade at the ...

The tritons and nereids in the fountains at Place de la Concorde have been there since 1840, in the center of Paris. The Fountain at ...

In some situations an issue arises regarding the 'propriety' of mermaid statues as public art - whether they are family friendly or 'decent'. Since mermaids ...

This book commemorates the 100 year anniversary on August 23, 2013, of Copenhagen's world-famous statue of The Little Mermaid from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale ...

Ghirardelli Square is located in the historic Fisherman’s Wharf area of San Francisco.  The centerpiece of the square is Andrea’s Fountain with statues of turtles, ...

Crescent City lies on the coast in northern California just 10 miles or so south of the Oregon border. This is the area of Redwoods ...

The Russian mermaid statue at Soter Point in Ventura, California was donated by Alec & Tatyana Benke to the city of Ventura in 2009, and ...

The Little Mermaid Statue in Copenhagen is 100 years old in August 23, 2013. There will be traditional celebrations of her birthday on August 23rd ...

The town of Cavalaire-sur-Mer on the French Riviera has a history reaching back to Phoenician times.   Today it is a busy beach town with ...

You may have heard the story that Manatees are the original inspiration for mermaids. In my opinion this doesn't sound likely, but nonetheless, this is ...

The small Ponte delle Sirenette (Bridge of Mermaids) by Italian engineer Francesco Tettamanzi was inaugurated on June 23rd in 1842 on the Naviglio della Martesana (Martesan ...

The town of Èze in the south of France goes back in time about 4000 years.   It is no wonder - the environmental beauty ...

In the south of Brazil you will find an unusual mermaid statue in the coastal town of Barra Velha. More information is needed on this ...

As covered by both BBC News and the Henley Standard, a bronze mermaid statue was unveiled on June 6 2013 in Henley-on-Thames, on the Red ...

The 2014 Mermaid Statues calendars are now printed and available. The calendars are printed on 13 sheets card stock, 8.5 x 11 inches, with spiral ...

Last year's Animal Planet special on mermaids, called Mermaids: The Body Found, was immensely popular, and resulted in a lot of people asking  themselves - ...

On May 14th 2013 the latest Ama Mermaid Statue was unveiled at the Mayfield Hotel in Seoul.  map AMA Mermaid Statue with Thomas and Maria ...

About 2 miles from the world-famous statue of The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen's Langelinie Park is another mermaid statue. The Smaller Mermaid Statue. Photo © ...

Cate Vail has made a profession and career of mermaid photography.  It all started with visiting a museum with a large mermaid statue in New ...

About 10 miles north of Maceió in Brazil is a section of beach called Praia de Sereia (Memaid Beach).   This unusual mermaid statue is ...

It is time to get some of the mermaid statues in Italy properly represented and shown on Mermaids of Earth.   There are at least ...

The small town of Rio Verde is set in absolutely gorgeous and stunning beauty, with lush green mountains, roaring waterfalls and converging rivers.   In ...

On the edge of the mountains in Schlosspark (Castle Park) in Weinheim, Germany, you will find one of the Ama mermaid statues by Amaryllis, placed ...

An update was done to the page about the mermaid statue in Window on the World in Shenzhen, China.  Several excellent photos have been added, ...

The statue of Lorelei sits on a narrow strip of land reaching just over half a mile into the Rhine river from the east bank. ...

The Ange de Mers (Angel of the Seas) by Amaryllis is a fabulous statue that is part manta ray and part woman.  map Angel of ...

New images have been added for this very unusual, stunningly austere and impressive mermaid statue in Rheinfelden, a town which straddles the border of Germany ...

It has been reported that the City of Luxembourg (which is not just a city, but a country in its own right) has commissioned a ...

Noted authors Carolyn Turgeon and Brenda Peterson interview each other.  Both have novels with mermaids as their main characters. Read the article here.

Here is another interesting article on someone becoming a professional mermaid, with a passion for ocean conservation. The IBTimes on Linden Wolbert Linden's website

There are a number of cities that have a mermaid statue as an icon or symbol of the city.   This includes the capitals of ...

Pat Monahan and the group Train released a new mermaid music video shot on Oahu.   "Mermaid" is worth both a listen and a look.

Amaryllis sculpting 'Atlante' Amaryllis Bataille was educated at École des Beaux-Arts in France, and is an accomplished and well-known sculptor, particularly in subjects involving the ...

Hi Everyone, We are doing the final survey for the new Mermaids of Earth logo.   We have 4 finalist logos.   Please help us ...

Much has already been written about the Starbucks Mermaid, also often referred to as the Starbucks Siren.  But it is a great story and very ...

Here is the site page on the eight mermaid statues on Rossio Square in Lisbon, Portugal.   There are two fountains, made in France in ...

There is now a page for the Fonte Luminosa (Illuminated Fountain) in Lisbon.   More images are coming, so this page is still in development. ...

The Ross Fountain page has been added.   This fountain contains 8 mermaid statues on the bottom level. With this page published, the 3 public ...

A website page has been added for the mermaid sculpture that is part of the King's Fountain at Linlithgow Palace in Scotland. Built in 1538 by ...

A new feature has just been added to the page on public art mermaid statues across the world. It is an interactive world map, showing ...

Oak Harbor Mermaid Statue. Photo by Gerry Oliver. Thanks to Gerry Oliver for providing some great photos of the mermaid statue outside his realty office. ...

My book, The Little Mermaid Commemorative Edition, just got published as an e-book through Amazon Kindle. It is a modern English translation of the classic ...

Here is another news story - to some degree a follow-on to Brenda Peterson's article from two days ago - about the trend of mermaids ...

Mermaid or Vampire? Both? Just read an article in the Huffington Post on The New Wave for Women and Girls: IN Mermaids, OUT Vampires. It is ...

Kevin Nelson from The Danish Villages Voice graciously shared 3 photos of Kimballton's The Little Mermaid, which have been made available on this website now, on the ...

Here is another interesting blog post about the mermaid community by author and mermaid enthusiast Carolyn Turgeon.  It is an interview with Sora, who is ...

The Little Mermaid.   Photo by mike@nervousenergy.de (CC BY-SA 2.0) Mermaid Poetry and Mermaid Statues have probably inspired each other.   A new page on Mermaid ...

"Miranda"  Thanks to "Ministry" and to Boyd Harris for helping with finding the background information and story on the mermaid statue by George Aldersley in ...

Southport's Mermaid Statue It was a day for mermaid statues in England: More information was gotten on the mermaid statue in Lancashire - which may ...

Another town in England is adding a mermaid statue to beautify the city and promote art.   Read the article here.   Hensley is 20 ...

Here's a cool article about law enforcement officers and a mermaid helping safeguard manatees. Trina Mason of Lake Worth volunteered her services to help increase ...

The MaduroDive Blog has a nice summary of favorite Sea Legends - the Kraken, the Sirens and the Mermaids.  

Katrin Felton is a professional mermaid and ocean conservationist.   Read the article about her an her show in Malaysia.

I was just alerted by artist Royane Mosley to a great article by WIRED with the headline "Professional Mermaids Are Lost Treasure of Florida Park". The ...

Well, there's an unexpected twist - my book on Mermaids of Earth, which is still being written and about half done, is already mentioned in ...

3 new mermaid pages were added in the last week. The mermaid fountain on the Greek island of Syros with Panagia Gorgona (Virgin Mary the ...

Well, it has been a busy two weeks, getting the Mermaids Of Earth website fully re-engineered with a new look and theme, while still getting ...

I came across an interesting and thorough article on the mythology of mermaids today, going back to about 5000 BC.   A lot of fascinating details and ...

With the gracious help of Samuel Povar and Sunny Oberto, more background story and many beautiful images have been added about the Russian mermaid at ...

Thanks to Lynda Durrand and Linda Vass for sending some excellent photos of the Mermaid of the North.

3 more mermaid sculptures have pages now - The Mermaid of The North in Balintore, Scotland, Triton & Nereida in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico and the Mermaid ...

Two new mermaid pages went up today - one for a virtually unknown mermaid fountain on Cyprus, and the other for the well-known Sirena de ...

New pages are live for mermaid statues and sculptures in Trafalgar Square, London, in Warsaw's Old Town Market Square and at the Vistula River in ...

A gorgeous mermaid in with a butterfly in Marmaris Turkey, and yet another replica of Copenhagen's The Little Mermaid, this time in Glendale California.

It's been a couple days since the last post and pages.   Surprisingly I found 2 more copies of  Edvard Eriksen's sculpture of The Little ...

A page was added for the Jalakanyaka at Shankumugham Beach in southern India, probably Earth's largest mermaid.

New pages added for mermaid sculptures in Mazatlan and Salt Lake City.

There are 3 new pages with mermaids live today.   One in Pietra Neamt, Romania, another at Wookey Hole in England, and lastly one in Napier, New Zealand.

3 new mermaid sculpture pages were added today.   Ventura (CA), Kimballton (IO) and Solvang (CA)

The page for The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen has been launched.

The page on the three mermaids in Drøbak, Norway is live.

The first page on a mermaid sculpture went live - the mermaids at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Ohio.

Welcome to Mermaids of Earth. This site is about mermaids on planet Earth. The first focus is to gather information on all mermaid sculptures in ...