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 relevant to our main topic here, so I’ll cover the highlights here. According to the Starbucks website, when the Starbucks coffee chain was being started in 1971, the owners wanted […]
The Dartford Mermaid
You will find the Dartford Mermaid in a small lake near the River Thames in Dartford, England. It was created in 2009-2011 by sculptor William Jordan, and is made almost entirely of recycled materials. The mermaid is about 9 meters (29′) tall, and she measures about 14 meters (46′) from head to tail. Jordan used […]
Bridgeport Mermaid by Gutzon Borglum
Nathaniel Wheeler’s Bridgeport mermaid sculpture was created in 1912 by famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum (the creator of the Mount Rushmore memorial). It is interesting that he finished this mermaid sculpture the year before Edvard Eriksen created the famous Danish statue of The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen. Nathaniel Wheeler was a prominent industrialist in Bridgeport, and was very active in […]
Guanabara Mitológica mermaid in Brazil
The Guanabara Mitológica sculpture is a very contemporary mermaid sculpture at the top of Pão de Açucar (Sugarloaf Mountain) in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay. She is part of the large installation at the top of this mountain, which has multiple levels of viewing platforms overlook Rio de Janeiro from about 1280′ elevation. Guanabara Mitológica was created […]
The Mica Sirena in Romania
The Mica Sirena (The Little Mermaid) in Piatra Neamt is a fairly close replica of the famous mermaid statue in Copenhagen, albeit with a different face. The statue originally was placed in Piata Libertatii (Liberty Square) near a statue of Stefan cel Mare (Stephen The Great) in the center of Piatra Neamt, Moldavia, Romania. The plaque […]
Minsen Seewief (mermaid)
Karin Mennen created the Minsen Seewief sculpture and monument in 1992, to preserve and commemorate a cautionary legend from the 16th century in northern Germany. According to legend a mermaid was trapped by fishermen. She pleaded to be released, but they refused. Eventually she escaped, and then in revenge she destroyed the area – the […]
Petite Sirène de L’Île-Rousse
The Little Mermaid of L’Île-Rousse is also known as the Marinella Mermaid and Sirène de L’Île-Rousse. She sits on a rock just off the Promenade de la Marinella in L’Île-Rousse, on the north coast of the French island of Corsica. She was created in bronze by sculptor Gabriel Diana, and is positioned at one end of […]
The Jalakanyaka Mermaid in India
The Jalakanyaka mermaid can be found sunbathing at Shankumugham Beach in Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala. Famous artist Kanayi Kunhiraman created the sculpture in concrete. It is 87’ (26m) long and 25′ tall, and is the largest mermaid sculpture on Earth. The Shankumugham Beach in Thiruvananthapuram is very close to the Trivandrum International Airport, […]
Southport’s Lord Street Mermaid
The Lord Street Mermaid poses with a large fish in a fountain in Southport, on the west coast of England. The location is part of Southport’s Lord Street Town Trail. The mermaid fountain was commissioned by businessman Walter Connard as part of the entrance to his Palladium Picture Palace which opened in 1914. Lord Street […]
The William Bloye Mermaid
The William Bloye Mermaid at the University of Birmingham can be seen all over the university campus. She is part of the university crest, which in turn comes from the coat of arms designed for himself by Sir Josiah Mason, the self-made millionaire who founded the university. In 1960, the University added the William Bloye […]
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