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Among the Mermaids: Facts, Myths, and Enchantments from the Sirens of the Sea

Among the Mermaids: Facts, Myths, and Enchantments from the Sirens of the Sea - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Varla A. Ventura (Compiled by)Publish date:2013-07-01Pages:238
Language:EnglishPublisher:Weiser BooksISBN-13:9781578635450ISBN-10:1578635454UPC:9781578635450Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Sea StoriesSize:6.90 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCPG5GC0YE

From Homer's Odyssey to Pirates of the Caribbean, Mermaids have fascinated popular culture for centuries.

Among the Mermaids is an enchanting collection of classic stories, facts, and tales of mermaids from around the world that will thrill every lover of this romanticized mythological creature.

Compiled by Book of the Bizarre author and Magical Creature devotee Varla Ventura, Among the Mermaids includes turn of the century tales of merfolk from Bret Harte, T. Crofton Croker, and W.B. Yeats, along with tantalizing trivia, facts, firsthand accounts, and speculations about mermaids in popular culture.

Some facts about the fluid and the fair from the book:

  • Many people believe today that early explorer sightings of mermaids were manatees. (Scurvy + many days away from your lady = a blubbery creature looking supple and bodacious.)
  • Blackbeard, the fierce and terrible pirate, was afraid of his crew being lured into a watery grave by mermaids, so he ordered his ships to avoid certain areas reputed to have a high number of mermaid sightings.
  • Since 2009, the town of Kiryat Yam, Israel has offered a prize of $1 million dollars to anyone who can prove the mermaid off their coast is real. The prize remains unclaimed.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Weiser BooksISBN-13:9781578635450ISBN-10:1578635454UPC:9781578635450Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Sea StoriesSize:6.90 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5512Product ID:SCPG5GC0YE

Varla Ventura is the author of Varla Ventura's Paranormal Parlor: Ghosts, Seances and Tales of True Hauntings, as well as Fairies, Pookas, and Changelings: A Complete Guide to the Wild & Wicked Enchanted Realm, along with several other books on spooky ooky stuff. She can often be found lurking about the deep dark woods, lakes, streams and parlors on the hunt for beastly things and hidden history. Visit her online at www.varlaventura.net


Publisher: Weiser Books

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