The Mermaids of Drøbak – near Oslo in Norway – were created in bronze in 1999 by Reidar Finsrud and were then installed on the pier at the town’s marina. One of the mermaids seems to be rinsing out her hair, while the other two seem engaged in a lively discussion. Factory owner Ingeborg Lane commissioned […]
Trafalgar Square Mermaids
The Trafalgar Square mermaids are part of two large fountains in Trafalgar Square in London. The fountains commemorate Admirals Jellycoe and Beatty, with fantastic sculptures of mermaids, tritons and dolphins. Sir Edwin Lutyens designed the sculptures for the fountains in 1935, and the sculptures were created by William McMillan and Sir Charles Wheeler by 1939, but not installed until 1948 due to World War […]
The Mermaids of Edinburgh
You will find eight mermaids of Edinburgh in Ross Fountain, in the Princes Street Gardens. The location is magnificent, with the lush greenery of the park and the direct view of the Edinburgh Castle up high. The fountain was made of cast iron in a foundry near Paris, in the early 1860s. The figures were […]
The Mermaid and Christopher Columbus
There is a direct connection between Christopher Columbus and this mermaid sculpture on the north coast of Spain – the Sirena Magdalena. Now famously, Christopher Columbus reported that he saw mermaids, twice. Bartolomé de Las Casas read and summarized Columbus’ log before it was lost to history. His summary for the log entries on January 9, […]
Fuente de la Sirena in Lleida
The Fuente de la Sirena (Fountain of the Mermaid) in Lleida is found in the centrally located Parc dels Camps Elisis. Like the French Champs-Élysées, Camps Elisis refers to the Elysian Fields or Elysium – the final resting place for the souls of heroes in Greek mythology. This current mermaid statue was placed here in […]
Sirena Inmaculada
This mermaid in the Spanish city of Leganés on the south side of Madrid was commissioned by the Leganés City Council. It was sculpted by Luis Arencibia Betancort, an artist from the Canary Islands, in 2000. Betancourt’s sculptures adorn a number of locations in the Madrid area, where he lived and worked and was well […]
Sirena Mô, Mermaid of Mahon
There is a well known legend of the mermaid of Mahón and a nephew of Hannibal of Carthage. Mahón is a port city on the island of Menorca, not far from Mallorca. Mahón is also known as Maó-Mahón or simply Maó, which in the local pronunciation is shortened to Mó. Originally, in 205 BC, […]
Mermaids in the Gardens of Versailles
The Gardens of Versailles were created in the mid-to-late 1600s and contain hundreds of sculptures and 50 fountains. Right next to the Palace of Versailles itself is a small section of the gardens called Parterre du Nord, which includes two circular pools with Tritons and Nereids (mermaids), and another pool with the baroque Pyramid Fountain. […]
New Logo for Mermaids of Earth
Hi Everyone, We are doing the final survey for the new Mermaids of Earth logo. We have 4 finalist logos. Please help us pick the best one by voting here.
Mermaids Are the New Vampires – for Girls and Women
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 increasing for young adult readers, and vampires vaning in popularity. There is definitely still a lot of literature on both, but it is interesting to see the continuously growing trend […]
