The Journal

Stories & Discoveries

Mermaid tales, new statue discoveries, mythology and ocean culture from around the world.

The Little Mermaid in Glendale’s Forest Lawn

British actress Greer Garson placed a copy of Denmark’s statue of The Little Mermaid at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, in…

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The Mermaid from “Splash”

There is a mermaid fountain in the 1984 Disney movie “Splash”. Madison the mermaid (played by Daryl Hannah) gives this…

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Heinrich Heine’s Lorelei Mermaid Fountain

The Lorelei Fountain contains 3 mermaids, and is located in Joyce Kilmer Park’s Grand Concourse in The Bronx. It was…

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The Rockefeller Fountain in the Bronx

The “Rockefeller Fountain” is also known as the “Italian Fountain” and as the “Rainey Gate Fountain”, and includes a number…

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Pearl of the Conchos in San Angelo

Jayne Charless Beck was a San Angelo resident artist, who passed away in 1993.  In 1994 this bronze casting was…

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Mermaid Armonía in Mexico City

Edith Berlin, an accomplished sculptor from Veracruz, created the mermaid sculpture Armonía (Harmony) in 1994.  It was originally located at the…

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Mermaid at Sinfonia del Mar in Acapulco

On the Pacific side of Acapulco where the hills and mountains meet the sea, a road follows the shore past…

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Sirena de Boca in Veracruz, Mexico

You will find the mermaid statue “Sirena de Boca” in a small alcove by Boulevard Manuel Ávila Camacho next to…

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