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| Meeresstille (Calm Sea), by Arnold Böcklin, 1886-7. |
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| Ningyo-no-zu-Bunka*, 1805. |
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| La Sirena - Abisso Verde (Siren - Green Abyss), by Giulio Aristide Sartorio, 1893. |
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| Meerjungfrauen (Mermaids), Gustav Klimt, 1899. |
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| Meerweibchen (Mermaid), by Franz von Stuck, 1891. |
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| Study for the above. |
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| La Sirène (Siren), by Odilon Redon, circa 1900. |
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| From the Ramakien murals in the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand, 1783. |
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| The Merman and the Maid, by James Jebusa Shannon, before November 1897. |
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| Sadko, or Sadko in the Underwater Kingdom, by Ilya Repin, 1876. |
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| Study for the above, 1875. |
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* This woodblock-printed flier publicized the appearance of a
ningyo - the Japanese translates to "human fish" and is not gender specific - which was caught in what is now Toyama Bay during the fifth month of Bunka 2 (1805). According to the text of the flier, this
ningyo was a creature with the head of a long-haired young woman, a pair of golden horns, a red belly, three eyes on each side of its torso, a carp-like tail, and purportedly measured thirty-five feet long. The flier reports that the people grew frightened and destroyed it with "450 rifles." Yet it also states that "A person who views this fish once will enjoy great longevity, avoid bad turns of events and disasters, and gain luck and virtue". (Yeah, but what about the nightmares...?)
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