Description: A Mermaid's Tale A Personal Search for Life and Lore byAmanda Adams 17BBBBBBBBBBBB17 Prahran, Victoria: published by Hardie Grant Books, 2006. Hardcover. 9 x 7 in. 192 pages. Includes colour illustrations. Condition: very good. This is a nice clean, bright copy ~ light wear and a small closed tear on the jacket's top edge, but no markings at all. 17BBBBBBBBBBBB17 Elusive, seductive, otherworldly, the mermaid is one of the most resonant of female archetypes, persisting across cultures and eras. In this singular study, Amanda Adams uses poetic language and invokes a wide range of representations and disciplines -- from literature, poetry, and mythology to anthropology and folklore -- to reclaim this icon of female power for modern readers. Beginning with Melusina, the bathing mermaid par excellence, Adams describes the seductive sirens and their honeyed songs, the powerful Arctic sea goddess Sedna, and the long-haired rusalki of Russian lore, among other legendary mermaids. As she tells their stories, she considers the womanly, passionate, rage-filled, and seductively sweet sides of the mermaid and how those traits reflect the lives and moods of women who live on drier shores. In discovering mermaids and their stories, the author presents a striking narrative of uncovering the unusual, the beautiful, and the extraordinary in her own life.
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Book Title: A Mermaid's Tale
Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia
Topic: Love, Mermaids in Literature & Art, Folklore, Body Mind Spirit
Format: Hardcover
Features: Dust Jacket
Author: Amanda Adams
Publication Year: 2006
Language: English
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Genre: Folklore & Mythology
