Long before Disney introduced the family-friendly Ariel, mermaids were used in fantasy fiction as a safe representation of female sexuality, apropos for even the most puritanical of societies. But in ...

“Siren,” the upcoming Freeform drama about killer mermaids, may sound like a supernatural fantasy series, but creator Eric Wald is aiming for something a bit more realistic. “Right now, we really do ...

The poor, portly manatee, having to endure this gibe time and again: “The early explorers thought manatees were mermaids. Guess they’d been at sea a little too long!” Local tour guides have their own ...

Simone works for Michaela, whom she calls “Kiki,” as her assistant, but they have an unusually close relationship that blurs the lines of professionalism. Furthermore, Devon suspects that Kiki’s ...

Ryn, a mermaid, comes to land because she is searching for her sister. Donna, her sister, went missing because she was caught in a fishing net and taken by the military. So Ryn decides to look for her ...

In recent years, so-called “mer-culture” has been on the rise. Take, for example, Disney’s 2023 remake of “The Little Mermaid,” the 2023 Netflix documentary “MerPeople” and Fairgrounds St. Pete, an ...

Dive into Freeform’s fantasy drama “Siren.” The water’s fine. And so is the attractive mermaid who might kill you. With the recent success of “Blue Planet II,” AMC’s maritime drama “The Terror,” and ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Mermaids are multicultural mythical figures, reflecting the continuing human fascination with the sea in stories echoing thousands of years into the past . Mermaids are ...