A Mermaid's Tale: A Personal Search For Love and Lore - Softcover

Adams, Amanda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1553653777 ISBN 13: 9781553653776

Publisher: Greystone Books, 2009

Synopsis

Elusive, seductive, otherworldly, the mermaid is one of the most resonant of female archetypes, persisting across cultures and eras. In this singular study, Amanda Adams uses poetic language and invokes a wide range of representations and disciplines — from literature, poetry, and mythology to anthropology and folklore — to reclaim this icon of female power for modern readers. Beginning with Melusina, the bathing mermaid par excellence, Adams describes the seductive sirens and their honeyed songs, the powerful Arctic sea goddess Sedna, and the long-haired rusalki of Russian lore, among other legendary mermaids. As she tells their stories, she considers the womanly, passionate, rage-filled, and seductively sweet sides of the mermaid and how those traits reflect the lives and moods of women who live on drier shores. In discovering mermaids and their stories, the author presents a striking narrative of uncovering the unusual, the beautiful, and the extraordinary in her own life.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1553653777
• ISBN 13: 9781553653776
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208