Meremægden
{{Infobox Paranormalcreatures
|Creature_Name = Meremægden
|Image_Name = Waterhouse a mermaid.jpg
|Image_Caption = ''Meremægden'' of [[John William Waterhouse]]
|Grouping = Gelēaflic
|Sub_Grouping = Wæterwiht
|Similar_creatures = [[Merewer]]<br />[[Siren]]<br />[[Ondine (gelēafa)|Ondine]]
|Mythology = Woruldgelēafa
|Country = Woruldwīd
|Habitat = Garsecg, mere, sǣ
|First_Reported = ymbe 1000 BCE
}}

[[Image:MermenLubok.jpg|thumb|237px|Meremægden and Mereger, 1866. Uncūþ Russisc folccynstere.]]

'''Meremægden''' is gelēaflic wæterwiht mid menniscum hēafde and bodige, and þǣm tægle wæterdēores, swylce [[fisc]]. Þæt ƿord ''meremægden'' wearþ ''[[wiktionary:mermaid|mermaid]]'' on Nīwum Englisce gecweden. Se werlic efengemæcca is ''merewer'', þēah man brȳceþ ēac þone wordcwide ''meremægden'' for werlicum wihtum. Mænig land þǣre worulde gelīca wihta habbaþ, gemǣne būtan clāðas.

Micel gelīc [[siren]]a, meremægdnu sungon tō lēodum and godum, and hīe besungon, tōstregdende hīe fram hiera weorc, āfylaþ hīe of hiera scipum, oþþe hiera scipu on grunde stīeran. In ōþrum lārum, hīe þringaþ sencende menn hwīlum fandiaþ hīe tō sparienne. Man gelīefeþ ēac þæt meremægdnu bringaþ menn tō hiera undermererīcum. In Hans Christian Andersenes [[Þæt Lȳtle Meremægden|Lȳtlum Meremægdne]], man þynceþ hit þæt meremægdnu forgietaþ þe menn underwæter āblāwan ne magon, hwīlum ōþra menn gelīefaþ þæt meremægdnu menn āsencaþ forþǣm hiera wræðe.

Man þynceþ Grēcisc hǣðenscipes [[siren]]a hwīlum bēoþ in laterum folclāre meremægdenlic; sum sprǣca brūcaþ þæt ælce word for begen bridd and fiscwihta, swylce þæt Maltesisc word 'sirena.' Ōðer sibbcynna gelēaflicra wihta sind wæterylfe and selkies, dēor þe fram sǣcūm intō mannum weorðaþ.

==Stǣr==

===Bryttisc īega===

[[Biliþ:Leighton-The Fisherman and the Syren-c. 1856-1858.jpg|left|thumb|175px|''Se Fiscoþmann and þæt Meremægden'', of [[Frederic Leighton]], c. 1856–1858]]

In Bryttiscum folclāre, man þenceþ hit þæt meremægdnu unspēdlica hwata wǣron - begen forebodende misgelimp, and hīe wiðeriende.<ref name="briggs">Katharine Briggs, ''An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures'', "Mermaids", hlēaf 287. ISBN 0-394-73467-X</ref> Mænig cynn þæs [[cwidegiedd]]es ''[[Sir Patrick Spens]]'' hæfþ meremægden mid þǣm dēaþwyrdodum scipum sprecende; in sumum, hēo sægeþ þæt næfre sēoþ hīe land ongēan, and in ōþrum, hēo sægeþ þæt hīe nēah stæþ bēoþ, ac hīe sind wīs genōg tō witenne þæt begen ælce bēoþ. Hīe magon ēac tācn unwederes bēoþ.<ref>Francis James Child, ''The English and Scottish Popular Ballads'', fadung 2, hlēaf 19, Dover Publications, Nīweoforwicburg 1965</ref>

Man þenceþ sum meremægdnu ofermicelnes hæfdon, oþ 2,000 fēt.<ref name="briggs"/>

Meremægdn magon ēac up īe swimman, tō færscwæterum lagum. On ānum dæge, in læge nēah his hūs, Lornties Hlāford wīfmann sēah, and fandode hīe tō sparienne; his þegn warnode þæt hēo meremægden wæs, and þæt meremægden begeal þe hēo hine cwellan, gif ne forþǣm his þegn.<ref>K. M. Briggs, ''The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature'', hlēaf 57 Chicago Press Hēahscōle, Lunden, 1967</ref>

Meremægdnu magon ēac mā helpfulle bēon, sellende mannum gescēad hǣle.<ref>Katharine Briggs, ''An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures'', "Mermaids", hlēaf 288. ISBN 0-394-73467-X</ref> Sum tala āsciaþ þā frignunge gif meremægdnu þurhlīfende sāwla hæfden.<ref>Katharine Briggs, ''An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures'', "Mermaids", hlēaf 289. ISBN 0-394-73467-X</ref> Man þynceþ hit ēac þæt mereweras wildera and mā unfæger bēoþ þonne meremægdnu, ac ne reccaþ menn.<ref>Katharine Briggs, ''An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures'', "Mermen", hlēaf 290. ISBN 0-394-73467-X</ref>

===Warsaw Meremægden===

[[Image:Warsaw Sirene 1659.PNG|thumb|right|upright|200px|1659, Eald Warsawes herewealdscield on þǣre byrig gafolcranicbōchelme.]]

Þæt meremægden, oþþe ''syrenka'', is [[Warsaw|Warsawes]] tācn.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.ucl.ac.uk/atlas/polish/mywarsaw/warsaw10.html | title =Þæt Meremæȝden | accessdate =2008-02-11 | archivedate =2008-03-10 | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20080310204657/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/atlas/polish/mywarsaw/warsaw10.html }}</ref> Man brēac meremægdenbiliðas on Warsawes tācnscielde swā hiera tācn siþþan middlunge þæs 14ª gēarhundredes.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.um.warszawa.pl/v_syrenka/perelki/index_en.php?mi_id=47&dz_id=2 |title = Ƿarsaƿmeremæȝdnes Græft | accessdate = 2008-07-10 }}</ref> Mæniga gesegena tōefnaþ gelēaflic [[Triton]] mid þǣre byrig, þe mæg se fruma bēon þæs meremægdnes geþēodes mid þǣre byrig.<ref name="legend">{{cite web |author = |url = http://www.e-warsaw.pl/miasto/herb-1.htm |title = Warsawes herewealdscieldes stǣr |work = www.e-warsaw.pl |publisher = |pages = |page = |date = |accessdate = 2008-07-10}}</ref>

===Ōðer===

Oninnan þǣm [[Nīw Taíno þēoda|Nīwum Taíno þēodum]] þāra Caribbean īega, þæt meremægden Aycayia hātte.<ref>http://www.conexioncubana.net/index.php?st=others&sk=pdef&id=a</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Bennett | first=Lennie | title=Four exhibitions woven into 'Textures' | url=http://www.tampabay.com/features/visualarts/article680572.ece | date=July 10, 2008 | work=tampabay.com | publisher=St. Petersburg Times | accessdate=2009-04-25 | archivedate=2008-12-01 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201152219/http://www.tampabay.com/features/visualarts/article680572.ece }}</ref> Hire mearcunga sind gelīc þā gydenne [[Jagua]], and þā hibiscus blōstm þæs majaguabēam [[Hibiscus tiliaceus]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hibiscus tiliaceus - Hau (Malvaceae) - Hawaiiana Wyrte<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/hibiscus_tiliaceus.htm |accessdate=2009-08-29 |archivedate=2008-05-08 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508172241/http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/hibiscus_tiliaceus.htm }}</ref> Bisena ōðra sidaþinga beinniaþ þā [[Mami Wata]] of [[West Affrica|Westum]] and [[Middel Affrica|Middlum Affrica]], þā [[Jengu]] of [[Cameroon]], sēo [[Merrow]] of Scotlande and Īrlande, þā [[Rusalka]]s of Russlande and [[Ucrægna|Ucrægne]], þā [[Iara (mythology)|Iara]] fram Brazil and þā Grēcisc [[Oceanid]]s, [[Nereid]]s, and [[Naiad]]s. Ān fræscwæter meremægdenlic wiht Ēoropisces folclāre is [[Melusine]], þe twegen fisctæglas hæfþ, ac ōðer fadunga habbaþ hīe mid þǣm [[Nǣdre (tācnung)|nǣdres]] niðerhealfe. Man þynceþ hit þæt in Iapane, etenne þone [[ningyo|ningyes]] flǣscmete unealdiende [[undēadlicnes|undēadlicnesse]] seleþ. In sumum Ēoropiscum gesegenum meremægdnu bēoþ unspēdlic.
<!-- Mermaids and [[mermen]] are also characters of [[Philippine folklore]], where they are locally known as ''[[Philippine mythical creatures|sirena'' and ''siyokoy]]'', respectively.<ref name="TE">"Tagalog-English Dictionary by Leo James English, Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, Manila, distributed by National Book Store, 1583 pages, ISBN 971910550X</ref> The Javanese people believe that the southern beach in Java is a home of Javanese mermaid queen [[Nyi Roro Kidul]]. -->

Meremægdnu sind cūþ for hiera rence, ac ēac for hiera unsceaþfulnesse. Hīe oft lufiaþ menn, and swīðe willaþ hiera lufe for werum sōðian (sēo [[meremægdendeorf]]). Mislimplīce, gewisse mid geongum meremægdnum, hīe oft forgīetaþ þe menn ne magon underwæter āblāwan. [[Merewer]]as seldbeþencaþ ymbe mennisc gelimpas, ac in [[Finnisc hǣðenscipe|Finniscum hǣðenscipe]] merefolc magon wysca bēodan, sēocnessa hǣlan, wyrgþa forniman, wyrtdrincas brēowan and ēac [[mattuc]] beran. Meremægdnu ēac habbaþ sumra þissa mearcunga.

==Gerǣswoda Gesihþa==

Gerǣswoda gesihþa ymbe dēad oþþe līfende meremægdnu cwōm of stedum swylce swā [[Java]] and Bryttiscum Columbian. Þǣr sind twā Canadisca cȳþþa of [[Vancouver]] and [[Victoria, B.C.|Victorian]], sum fram betweonan 1870 and 1890, and sēo ōþran fram 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ȝelēafa & Lār<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.tourismvictoria.com/Content/EN/747.asp |accessdate=2009-08-26 |archivedate=2008-10-16 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016154451/http://www.tourismvictoria.com/Content/EN/747.asp }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Folclāra bisena in Bryttiscum Columbian<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.folklore.bc.ca/Folkexamples.htm |accessdate=2009-08-26 |archivedate=2014-06-24 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624095655/http://www.folklore.bc.ca/Folkexamples.htm }}</ref>

In Wēodmōnaðe 2009, Qiryat Yam þorp in Israele bēad $1,000,000 lēan for ǣnige þe meremægdnu sōðian in hiera rimum, æfter mænigra twelfa lēode cūðdon meremægden sēonende, hlēapende ūt þǣm wætere gelīc delfin and fremmende lyftsealta fore tō þǣm dēopum eftgānde.<ref>[http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1107034.html "Wunaþ meremægden under þǣm sǣ in Kiryat Yam?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107203643/http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1107034.html |date=2010-01-07 }}, ''[[Haaretz]]'' 12 Wēodmōnaþ, 2009.</ref>

==Tācnung==

Of [[Dorothy Dinnerstein]]es bēc ''Þæt Meremægden and se Werbula'', mennisc-dēorisc dōcas swylce þā werbula and meremægden bēoþ ealdmanna understandnes þæt menn and dēor begen syndrig and ælce sind, and manna "mearcunga sind inweardlic unefen, þe ūre þurhstandnes mid, and ūre sundornes fram, eorðan ōþrum dēordum tō mannum rūnisc and dēop bēoþ; and of þissum þurhstandnessum, and þissum sundornessum, habbaþ begen on eorðe fremdnes and mihtelicne þēaw tō þencenne hēr æt hām."<ref name=Dinnerstein>[[Dorothy Dinnerstein]], ''Þæt Meremægden and se Werbula''. Nīƿeoforƿīċburg: Harper and Row, 1963. Sōðode of [http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm Northstar Gallery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061213040757/http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm |date=2006-12-13 }}</ref>

==Cynst and gewritu==

[[Biliþ:Zennor Mermaid Chair.JPG|thumb|left|187px|16ª gēarhundredes [[Zennor]] meremægdenstōl]]

[[John William Waterhouse]] macode getæse biliþ fram 1895 oþ 1905, hātte ''Meremægden'' (sēo þæt hēafod þisses gewrites). Late Bryttisc {{Academy}}es cynstweorcmōd, man onwrāh þās mētinge mid gōdum dōme (þe him earnode þone Cynelices {{Academy}}es geþēodscipe), ac intō sundorhorde tōfōr and ne oþ þā 1970a ne eftcwōm. Hit is nū in [[Andrew Lloyd-Webber]]es sundorhorde.

Þæt mǣste welcūðe weorc nīwlic gēarhundredes is [[Hans Christian Andersen]]es [[folcatalu]] [[Þæt Lȳtle Meremægden]] (1836), þe man ontō mænigum sprǣcum āwendode. Andersenes tācnung, þe man fæst macode mid bræsene hēahgræfte in Cēapmannahæfnhȳðe, wearþ sēo Westerne rihtbisen siþþan hēo wrīten wæs. Þæt meremægden, swā Andersen gewrāt, <!-- appears to represent the Undines of Paracelsus, which also could only -->mæg efne þurhstandende sāwle begīetan bȳ beweddiende mann.

Þæt mǣste welcūðe glīwweorc ymbe meremægdnu sind þās of Felix Mendelssohn in his Fair Melusina glīwsange<!-- "overture," I seriously need a better term for this... --> and þā þrēo "Rīnisc dohtor" [[Richard Wagner]]es [[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]. Lorelei, se nama ān þāra Rīnisc meremægda, wearþ tācnung sirenes. Mā nīwlicu tācnung glīwes is Taiwanisc glīwwyrhta Fan-Long Ko's Þæt Wēpende Meremægden.

Sue Monk Kidd gewrāt bōc gehāten ''Se Meremægdenstōl''. Se nama cymþ of meremægdne þe unwǣre sanctas wearþ.

Film ymbe meremægdnu beinnaþ 1984 lustfilm ''Splash'', mid Daryl Hannah. Scēawung 1963 feorrsīenendebyrdnesse Route 66, ''Sēo Wælhrēoƿoste Sǣ'' hātte, wæs ymbe wǣre meremægden þe in Weeki Wachee wæterperroce swanc. Man hæfde ēac meremægdnu in þǣre gelēaflicum feorrsīenendebyrdnesse ''Charmed'', and þonne þǣre dohtorendebyrdnesse ''Mermaid''. Tācniscu film beinniaþ [[Disney]]es glīwisce fadunge Andersenes tale, and Hayao Miyazakies ''Ponyo''.

===Herewealdscipe===

[[Image:POL Warszawa COA 1.svg|thumb|right|150px|Warsawes herewealdscield]]

In [[herewealdscipe]], þæt biliþ meremægdnes gemǣne camb and scēawere hæfþ, and cūþ swā 'meremægden in hire īdelnesse' is. Man brēac Merefolc tō tācnienne cræftignesse and fægernesse in sprǣce.

Scield- and sweordwieldende meremægden (''[[Siren|Syrenka]]'') is on þǣm wǣrum [[Warsawes herewealdscield]], sēo hēafodburg [[Polaland]]es. Sēo burg [[Norþfolc, Virginia]] ēac brȳceþ meremægden swā hiera tācn, and byrgisc cynstweorc mid missenlicum gefægrodum meremægdengræfte bēoþ geond þǣm burhstede. Sēo hēafodburh [[Hamilton, Bermuda]] hæfþ þæt meremægden on hire herewealdscielde, þe man mæg geond þǣre byrig gesēon.

[[Michaëlle Jean]]es sundorherewealdscield, Canada's [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]], hæfþ twegen [[Simbi]], meremægdenlicu wihta fram [[Haiti]]sc Fūdū, swā bearwan.

==Fruman==

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Meremægden is gelēaflic wæterwiht mid menniscum hēafde and bodige, and þǣm tægle wæterdēores, swylce fisc. Þæt ƿord meremægden wearþ mermaid on Nīwum Englisce gecweden. Se werlic efengemæcca is merewer, þēah man brȳceþ ēac þone wordcwide meremægden for werlicum wihtum. Mænig land þǣre worulde gelīca wihta habbaþ, gemǣne būtan clāðas.

Micel gelīc sirena, meremægdnu sungon tō lēodum and godum, and hīe besungon, tōstregdende hīe fram hiera weorc, āfylaþ hīe of hiera scipum, oþþe hiera scipu on grunde stīeran. In ōþrum lārum, hīe þringaþ sencende menn hwīlum fandiaþ hīe tō sparienne. Man gelīefeþ ēac þæt meremægdnu bringaþ menn tō hiera undermererīcum. In Hans Christian Andersenes Lȳtlum Meremægdne, man þynceþ hit þæt meremægdnu forgietaþ þe menn underwæter āblāwan ne magon, hwīlum ōþra menn gelīefaþ þæt meremægdnu menn āsencaþ forþǣm hiera wræðe.

Man þynceþ Grēcisc hǣðenscipes sirena hwīlum bēoþ in laterum folclāre meremægdenlic; sum sprǣca brūcaþ þæt ælce word for begen bridd and fiscwihta, swylce þæt Maltesisc word 'sirena.' Ōðer sibbcynna gelēaflicra wihta sind wæterylfe and selkies, dēor þe fram sǣcūm intō mannum weorðaþ.

Stǣr

Bryttisc īega

left|thumb|175px|Se Fiscoþmann and þæt Meremægden, of Frederic Leighton, c. 1856–1858

In Bryttiscum folclāre, man þenceþ hit þæt meremægdnu unspēdlica hwata wǣron - begen forebodende misgelimp, and hīe wiðeriende.Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures, "Mermaids", hlēaf 287. ISBN 0-394-73467-X Mænig cynn þæs cwidegieddes Sir Patrick Spens hæfþ meremægden mid þǣm dēaþwyrdodum scipum sprecende; in sumum, hēo sægeþ þæt næfre sēoþ hīe land ongēan, and in ōþrum, hēo sægeþ þæt hīe nēah stæþ bēoþ, ac hīe sind wīs genōg tō witenne þæt begen ælce bēoþ. Hīe magon ēac tācn unwederes bēoþ.Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, fadung 2, hlēaf 19, Dover Publications, Nīweoforwicburg 1965

Man þenceþ sum meremægdnu ofermicelnes hæfdon, oþ 2,000 fēt.

Meremægdn magon ēac up īe swimman, tō færscwæterum lagum. On ānum dæge, in læge nēah his hūs, Lornties Hlāford wīfmann sēah, and fandode hīe tō sparienne; his þegn warnode þæt hēo meremægden wæs, and þæt meremægden begeal þe hēo hine cwellan, gif ne forþǣm his þegn.K. M. Briggs, The Fairies in English Tradition and Literature, hlēaf 57 Chicago Press Hēahscōle, Lunden, 1967

Meremægdnu magon ēac mā helpfulle bēon, sellende mannum gescēad hǣle.Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures, "Mermaids", hlēaf 288. ISBN 0-394-73467-X Sum tala āsciaþ þā frignunge gif meremægdnu þurhlīfende sāwla hæfden.Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures, "Mermaids", hlēaf 289. ISBN 0-394-73467-X Man þynceþ hit ēac þæt mereweras wildera and mā unfæger bēoþ þonne meremægdnu, ac ne reccaþ menn.Katharine Briggs, An Encyclopedia of Fairies, Hobgoblins, Brownies, Boogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures, "Mermen", hlēaf 290. ISBN 0-394-73467-X

Warsaw Meremægden

thumb|right|upright|200px|1659, Eald Warsawes herewealdscield on þǣre byrig gafolcranicbōchelme.

Þæt meremægden, oþþe syrenka, is Warsawes tācn. Man brēac meremægdenbiliðas on Warsawes tācnscielde swā hiera tācn siþþan middlunge þæs 14ª gēarhundredes. Mæniga gesegena tōefnaþ gelēaflic Triton mid þǣre byrig, þe mæg se fruma bēon þæs meremægdnes geþēodes mid þǣre byrig.

Ōðer

Oninnan þǣm Nīwum Taíno þēodum þāra Caribbean īega, þæt meremægden Aycayia hātte.http://www.conexioncubana.net/index.php?st=others&sk=pdef&id=a Hire mearcunga sind gelīc þā gydenne Jagua, and þā hibiscus blōstm þæs majaguabēam Hibiscus tiliaceus. Bisena ōðra sidaþinga beinniaþ þā Mami Wata of Westum and Middlum Affrica, þā Jengu of Cameroon, sēo Merrow of Scotlande and Īrlande, þā Rusalkas of Russlande and Ucrægne, þā Iara fram Brazil and þā Grēcisc Oceanids, Nereids, and Naiads. Ān fræscwæter meremægdenlic wiht Ēoropisces folclāre is Melusine, þe twegen fisctæglas hæfþ, ac ōðer fadunga habbaþ hīe mid þǣm nǣdres niðerhealfe. Man þynceþ hit þæt in Iapane, etenne þone ningyes flǣscmete unealdiende undēadlicnesse seleþ. In sumum Ēoropiscum gesegenum meremægdnu bēoþ unspēdlic.

Meremægdnu sind cūþ for hiera rence, ac ēac for hiera unsceaþfulnesse. Hīe oft lufiaþ menn, and swīðe willaþ hiera lufe for werum sōðian (sēo meremægdendeorf). Mislimplīce, gewisse mid geongum meremægdnum, hīe oft forgīetaþ þe menn ne magon underwæter āblāwan. Mereweras seldbeþencaþ ymbe mennisc gelimpas, ac in Finniscum hǣðenscipe merefolc magon wysca bēodan, sēocnessa hǣlan, wyrgþa forniman, wyrtdrincas brēowan and ēac mattuc beran. Meremægdnu ēac habbaþ sumra þissa mearcunga.

Gerǣswoda Gesihþa

Gerǣswoda gesihþa ymbe dēad oþþe līfende meremægdnu cwōm of stedum swylce swā Java and Bryttiscum Columbian. Þǣr sind twā Canadisca cȳþþa of Vancouver and Victorian, sum fram betweonan 1870 and 1890, and sēo ōþran fram 1967.

In Wēodmōnaðe 2009, Qiryat Yam þorp in Israele bēad $1,000,000 lēan for ǣnige þe meremægdnu sōðian in hiera rimum, æfter mænigra twelfa lēode cūðdon meremægden sēonende, hlēapende ūt þǣm wætere gelīc delfin and fremmende lyftsealta fore tō þǣm dēopum eftgānde."Wunaþ meremægden under þǣm sǣ in Kiryat Yam?" , Haaretz 12 Wēodmōnaþ, 2009.

Tācnung

Of Dorothy Dinnersteines bēc Þæt Meremægden and se Werbula, mennisc-dēorisc dōcas swylce þā werbula and meremægden bēoþ ealdmanna understandnes þæt menn and dēor begen syndrig and ælce sind, and manna "mearcunga sind inweardlic unefen, þe ūre þurhstandnes mid, and ūre sundornes fram, eorðan ōþrum dēordum tō mannum rūnisc and dēop bēoþ; and of þissum þurhstandnessum, and þissum sundornessum, habbaþ begen on eorðe fremdnes and mihtelicne þēaw tō þencenne hēr æt hām."Dorothy Dinnerstein, Þæt Meremægden and se Werbula. Nīƿeoforƿīċburg: Harper and Row, 1963. Sōðode of Northstar Gallery 

Cynst and gewritu

thumb|left|187px|16ª gēarhundredes Zennor meremægdenstōl

John William Waterhouse macode getæse biliþ fram 1895 oþ 1905, hātte Meremægden (sēo þæt hēafod þisses gewrites). Late Bryttisc es cynstweorcmōd, man onwrāh þās mētinge mid gōdum dōme (þe him earnode þone Cynelices es geþēodscipe), ac intō sundorhorde tōfōr and ne oþ þā 1970a ne eftcwōm. Hit is nū in Andrew Lloyd-Webberes sundorhorde.

Þæt mǣste welcūðe weorc nīwlic gēarhundredes is Hans Christian Andersenes folcatalu Þæt Lȳtle Meremægden (1836), þe man ontō mænigum sprǣcum āwendode. Andersenes tācnung, þe man fæst macode mid bræsene hēahgræfte in Cēapmannahæfnhȳðe, wearþ sēo Westerne rihtbisen siþþan hēo wrīten wæs. Þæt meremægden, swā Andersen gewrāt, mæg efne þurhstandende sāwle begīetan bȳ beweddiende mann.

Þæt mǣste welcūðe glīwweorc ymbe meremægdnu sind þās of Felix Mendelssohn in his Fair Melusina glīwsange and þā þrēo "Rīnisc dohtor" Richard Wagneres Der Ring des Nibelungen. Lorelei, se nama ān þāra Rīnisc meremægda, wearþ tācnung sirenes. Mā nīwlicu tācnung glīwes is Taiwanisc glīwwyrhta Fan-Long Ko's Þæt Wēpende Meremægden.

Sue Monk Kidd gewrāt bōc gehāten Se Meremægdenstōl. Se nama cymþ of meremægdne þe unwǣre sanctas wearþ.

Film ymbe meremægdnu beinnaþ 1984 lustfilm Splash, mid Daryl Hannah. Scēawung 1963 feorrsīenendebyrdnesse Route 66, Sēo Wælhrēoƿoste Sǣ hātte, wæs ymbe wǣre meremægden þe in Weeki Wachee wæterperroce swanc. Man hæfde ēac meremægdnu in þǣre gelēaflicum feorrsīenendebyrdnesse Charmed, and þonne þǣre dohtorendebyrdnesse Mermaid. Tācniscu film beinniaþ Disneyes glīwisce fadunge Andersenes tale, and Hayao Miyazakies Ponyo.

Herewealdscipe

thumb|right|150px|Warsawes herewealdscield

In herewealdscipe, þæt biliþ meremægdnes gemǣne camb and scēawere hæfþ, and cūþ swā 'meremægden in hire īdelnesse' is. Man brēac Merefolc tō tācnienne cræftignesse and fægernesse in sprǣce.

Scield- and sweordwieldende meremægden (Syrenka) is on þǣm wǣrum Warsawes herewealdscield, sēo hēafodburg Polalandes. Sēo burg Norþfolc, Virginia ēac brȳceþ meremægden swā hiera tācn, and byrgisc cynstweorc mid missenlicum gefægrodum meremægdengræfte bēoþ geond þǣm burhstede. Sēo hēafodburh Hamilton, Bermuda hæfþ þæt meremægden on hire herewealdscielde, þe man mæg geond þǣre byrig gesēon.

Michaëlle Jeanes sundorherewealdscield, Canada's Governor General, hæfþ twegen Simbi, meremægdenlicu wihta fram Haitisc Fūdū, swā bearwan.

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