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06a – The Little Mermaid Part 1

February 5, 2015 By Paul 8 Comments

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 Produced By

Hayley

Jesse Johnson

Lee Witham

Princess King-Taylor

and Robert Torres

 

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 Music

“The Danish Immigrant” By: Andreas Tophøj & Rune Barslund

“A Moment To Reflect” By Liam Bradbury

“The Last Dance” By: Reuben Ch’ng

“Lygtemanden” By: Markando Folkemusik

“The Hidden” By JM Scherf

“Over The Ocean” By  idanyi

“Svevende Jord” By: Tone Hulbækmo

“Vallåtar från Gammelboning” By: Rosenberg Sjua

 


Recommended Reading

The Little Mermaid by: Hans Christian Andersen

Mermaid and Other Water Spirit Tales From Around the World by: Heidi Anne Heiner

The Legend of Mélusine by: Jean d’Arras

Undine by:  Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué


Show Notes

This painting, “The Mermaid” by John William Waterhouse, is one reason I believe Ariel from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” was given red hair, since Hans Christian Andersen never described the little mermaid’s hair color in his fairy tale.

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Bibliography

Print

Alexander, Skye. Mermaids: The Myths, Legends, & Lore. Avon, MA: Adams Media, 2012.

Andersen, H. C., and Lily Owens. The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales. New York: Avenel, 1981. Print.

Berk, Ari. The Secret History of Mermaids and Creatures of the Deep. 1st ed. Somerville: Candlewick, 2009

Heiner, Heidi Anne. Mermaid and Other Water Spirit Tales from around the World. Nashville: SurLaLune, 2011.

 

Film

The Little Mermaid. Walt Disney Pictures, 1989.

Waking Sleeping Beauty. Stone Circle Pictures, 2003

 

World Wide Web

Creating Ariel – Stuff They Don’t Tell You – http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/disney-princess/articles/17204/title/creating-ariel-stuff-dont-tell

Sacred Texts – The Elements and Their Inhabitants – http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/sta/sta25.htm

SurLaLune Fairy Tales: History of Little Mermaid – http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/littlemermaid/history.html

Undines, Water Spirits – Occultapedia – http://www.occultopedia.com/u/undines.htm

Wikipeida – Mermaid – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid

Wikipedia – Mesuline – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melusine

Wikipedia -The Little Mermaid – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid

Wikipedia – Undine (Novella) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undine_(novella)

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Disney Films, Disney Princesses, Disney Story Origins, Fairy Tales, Flounder, Hans Christian Andersen, King Triton, Podcast, Prince Eric, Princess Ariel, Sebastian, The Little Mermaid, Ursula

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  1. J.T. says

    February 6, 2015 at 12:27 pm

    Love your work. Big fan of all the actual context, and real history told with flare. Thanks for what you do.

    Reply
  2. Lucyintheskynodiamonds says

    February 6, 2015 at 1:55 pm

    Absolutely beautiful music choices in this episode!
    Highly recommend Undine to everyone – it’s a beautiful work of literature, highly accessible. I read it when I was 8 or 9, and it has stayed with me since.

    Reply
  3. Danielle Fontaine says

    February 7, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    My step-daughter and I love your podcast. She really liked this episode. I think Dad liked it, too. Thank you!

    Reply
  4. MS says

    February 19, 2015 at 5:36 am

    Thank you so much for putting this episode up! It’s always such a treat when you release new episodes. Keep up the good work.

    Reply
  5. Liz Peake says

    January 15, 2016 at 11:22 pm

    I am a long time die hard fan of the Little Mermaid, I still own the original VHS with the mermaid, Mirena in it from the 80’s, and I learned a few things. I think I might reread the original story to my children this evening!

    Reply
    • Paul says

      January 16, 2016 at 4:41 pm

      Thank you very much. I’m glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

      Reply
  6. Cynthia Medina says

    March 20, 2018 at 3:07 pm

    it really good

    Reply
  7. Hans von Rostock, 5th Earl of Weselton says

    March 15, 2019 at 4:51 pm

    I think the reason Ariel has seven sisters when the original mermaid has six is because of the relevance of the number seven in mythology. Seventh son of a seventh son, seven deadly sins, seven with one blow… it goes on and on.

    Reply

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