Mermaids of Earth

  • Home
  • About
    • Ocean Conservation
  • Mermaid Art
    • Artists
    • Mermaid Poems
    • Pictures
      • Public Paintings and Murals
    • Statues
      • Public Mermaid Statues & Sculptures
      • Private Mermaid Statues & Sculptures
      • Mermaid statues and mermaid sculptures for sale
  • Media
  • Shop
    • Mermaid Jewelry
    • Mermaid Tails
    • Mermaid Calendars
    • Mermaid Books
  • Contact
  • Blog

Luxembourg’s 1050 anniversary mermaid sculpture has been selected

March 3, 2014 By Mermaids of Earth

Winning Design for Luxembourg's Melusine Mermaid Sculpture

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 mermaid statue for its 1050th anniversary.

A contest was concluded on February 25th, which selected a contest entry by artist Serge Ecker.  The photo on the left is of a miniature model of the sculpture.

The mermaid theme is based on a well-known legend that the mermaid Melusine was the wife of Count Siegfried, who founded Luxembourg in 963.

The Melusine legend exists in a number of versions across Europe, with similar elements.  Essentially Melusine marries, but with the stipulation that once a week she must have absolute privacy.   She turns into a mermaid every Saturday, and spends the time in a bathtub in complete privacy.   One day, her husband can no longer contain his curiosity and spies on his wife while she is bathing, and sees her as a mermaid.  At this point, she vanishes forever, although she is occasionally seen in a nearby river.

There is a famous statue in Baden (Austria), in the Undine fountain, based on the story of Undine by  Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.   This story in turn is based partly on the Melusine legend.

Articles in the news media can be accessed below.
http://tuoitrenews.vn/lifestyle/17704/vn-artist-enters-luxembourg-mermaid-sculpture-finale
http://www.wort.lu/en/view/the-winning-mermaid-sculpture-revealed-530c9cdae4b01171e9aa3c7e

Melusine

Related

Filed Under: Public Mermaid Sculptures

Featured Product

Recent Articles

Beaulieu-sur-Mer Mermaids

After spending a fabulous morning in Monaco and Èze, we just happened to spot this completely unexpected sculpture of a mermaid mother with her child as we were driving home along the coast.  Located by the marina in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, the sculpture was created in 1997 by Natasha Jusopov, who also sculpted the Lorelei statue in […]

Rockefeller Plaza Mermaids

The Rockefeller Center in New York City has an immense amount of art and sculptures. Rockefeller Plaza is just one section of the overall Center, but is rich in art on its own, including the very famous Prometheus sculpture by sculptor Paul Manship, which is probably the best known and most photographed sculpture in New […]

Japan’s Twin Mermaids at Mermaid Terrace in Obama

In the Bay of Obama (inside Wasaka Bay in the Sea of Japan) you will find Mermaid Beach on the edge of the city of Obama. Two mermaid statues are found here, commemorating both national and local legends. They were installed in April 1976 as part of an upgrade and renovation of this area. The […]

This site is about mermaids on planet Earth

Why? Because mermaids are all around us. Lots of them. No, not actual live mermaids of course…

Read More

NEWSLETTER

Copyright © 2021 · MERMAIDS OF EARTH · ALL RIGHTS RESERVED