B does a deep dive into the lore and visuals of mermaids while Raven contemplates her eligibility to become a majestic sea creature.
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“Mermaid.” Wikipedia.org. Wikipedia. Revised Jun 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid.
Simon, Matt. “Fantastically Wrong: The Murderous, Sometimes Sexy History of the Mermaid.” Wired.com. Wired. Revised Oct 2014. https://www.wired.com/2014/10/fantastically-wrong-strange-murderous-sometimes-sexy-history-mermaid/.
“What is a mermaid and what do they symbolise?.” rmg.co.uk. Royal Museums Greenwich. Accessed Jun 2022. https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-mermaid#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20earliest%20mermaid,top%20half%20in%20human%20form.
Images
Fig. 1: Double tailed Mermaid in Gaius Plinius Secundus book: Naturalis Historia. 1565. Deutsches Museum München, Germany. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Von_dem_Meerfr%C3%B6uwlin.jpg.
Fig. 2: Richards, James. Part of figurehead of Prince Frederick's Barge. 1732. Gold leaf on wood. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_Mermaid_on_Prince_Frederick%27s_Barge_1732.JPG.
Fig. 3: E. S. Hardy. Illustration of The Little Mermaid. Mid 19th century. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Little_Mermaid_by_E.S._Hardy.jpg.
Fig. 4: Bunny, Rupert. Sea Idyll. c. 1891. Oil on canvas. 40 x 63 in. National Gallery of Victoria.
Fig. 5: Waterhouse, John William. A Mermaid. 1900. Oil on Canvas. 38 x 26 in. London.
Fig. 6: Pyle, Howard. The Mermaid. 1910. Oil on canvas. 57 x 40 in. Delaware Art Museum. https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-mermaid/UAEurbp7_7dm2Q.
Fig. 7: Cover of Imaginative Tales. March 1955. Print. Greenleaf Publishing. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imaginative_tales_195503.jpg.
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