Mermaid (disambiguation)
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A mermaid is believed to be a half-woman, half-fish creature.
Ancient history and mythology
- Mermaid (Ninurta), in Sumerian mythology, one of the Heroes slain by Ninurta
Art
- Mermaid (Roy Lichtenstein), a Roy Lichtenstein outdoor sculpture in Miami Beach
Books
- The Mermaid, alternative title for The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue) by Hans Christian Andersen
Film and TV
- The Mermaid (1910 film), a 1910 film by the Than houser Company
- The Mermaid (1965 film), a 1965 Hong Kong film
- Mermaids (1990 film), 1990 film starring Cher, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci
- Mermaid (1996 film), originally Rusalka, a 1996 animated short film by Aleksandr Petrov
- Mermaid (2000 film), directed by Peter Masterson
- Mermaids (2003 film), starring Erika Heynatz
- Mermaid (2007 film) (Russian: Русалка, Rusalka), 2007 film directed by Anna Melikian
- Mermaids: The Body Found, 2012 documentary-style television film
- The Mermaid (2016 film), a 2016 Chinese film
Music
- "The Mermaid", choral song by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
- "The Mermaid" (ballad), from the 18th century
- "The Mermaid" (song), by Shel Silverstein
- "Mermaid" (Hitomi Shimatani song)
- "Mermaid" (Train song)
- "Mermaid" (Aya Ueto song)
Places around the world
- Australia
- Mermaids Cave, Blue Mountains, New South Wales:unknown creature found
- Mermaid Beach, Queensland, a suburb of the Gold Coast
- Mermaid Reach, a reach of the Brisbane River, Queensland
- Mermaid Waters, Queensland, a suburb of the Gold Coast
- Mermaid Reef, one of three reefs that make up Rowley Shoals, Western Australia
- United Kingdom
- Mermaid Quay, a shopping and leisure complex in Cardiff Bay, Wales
- United States of America
- Mermaids Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
- see also The Mermaid Inn (disambiguation)
Vessels/ships
- HMS Mermaid, various ships in the British Royal Navy
- Mermaid-class destroyer, a class of two Royal Navy destroyers in the First World War
- Mermaid-class frigate, a class of six sailing warships built in the eighteenth century
- HMAS Mermaid (A 02), a Royal Australian Navy survey motor launch
- Mermaid, Kenichi Horie's first solo voyage sailboat
- CZAW Mermaid
- Dublin Bay Mermaid, class of sailing dinghy originated by Dublin Bay Sailing Club, Ireland
- Mermaid (dinghy), a sailing dinghy designed by Roger Hancock
- the Seaview Mermaid, a class of racing keelboat based at the Sea View Yacht Club, Isle of Wight
Miscellaneous
- Mermaid Series, editions of English Renaissance and Restoration dramatists (named after the Mermaid Tavern, above)
- Mermaid (Stafy), character from the Densetsu no Stafy video game
- Mermaid Syndrome or Sirenomelia, a congenital deformity that gives an appearance of a mermaid
- The Fiji mermaid, a hoax presented by PT Barnum
- Mermaiding, wearing a costume mermaid tail, often while swimming
- 'Mermaid', a hybrid tea rose cultivar
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