A lonely young princess, becomes lifelong friends with a sea serpent, who helps her with her troubles... But there is something that the sea serpent has never told her... Can they help each other?... This short story is book 11 in the Traditional Mermaid Folk Stories Collection
The wonderful, idyllic life, of a special kind of mermaid and her friends and family, is suddenly interrupted by humans... Find out how mermaids spend their time...
A sad young woman, meets a lovely, handsome merman, who tells her that he has been in love with her for a long time, and asks her to marry him... This must be underwater love... This story can be read by anyone, but it may be more suited to older children.
A handsome Portuguese boy is captured by a mermaid, whilst he is out night-fishing, and taken to her underwater palace... His mother is heartbroken, when his boat is found deserted, the next day... A sweet, sad, romantic, traditional folk story... This short story is book number 10 in the Traditional Mermaid Folk Stories Collection.
To escape danger, an overprotected teenage prince must leave his life at the palace and go out into the world by himself... And a shy princess must choose a husband... The prince finds a world full of magic, unexpected friendship, adventure and love... And the princess finds her confidence... A sweet, funny, fantasy, adventure, romance, short story. This is Book 9 in the Traditional Mermaid Folk Stories Collection.
The legend of the girl who turned into a mermaid, and became the very first mermaid... This short story may not be suitable for young age children, but anyone else can read it. This is book number 14 in the Traditional Mermaid Folk Stories Collection.
A kind, shrewd fisherman makes friends with an Irish merman, called a merrow, And he visits his home, underneath the ocean. But he soon discovers that the merrow is keeping something very strange, caged up there, And he feels that he must do something about it... This story contains subjects and themes that may not be suitable for younger children.
From Homer's Odyssey to Pirates of the Caribbean, Mermaids have fascinated popular culture for centuries. Among the Mermaids is an enchanting collection of classic stories, facts, and tales of mermaids from around the world that will thrill every lover of this romanticized mythological creature. Compiled by Book of the Bizarre author and Magical Creature devotee Varla Ventura, Among the Mermaids includes turn of the century tales of merfolk from Bret Harte, T. Crofton Croker, and W.B. Yeats, along with tantalizing trivia, facts, first-hand accounts, and speculations about mermaids in popular culture. Some facts about the fluid and the fair from the book: Many people believe today that early explorer sightings of mermaids were manatees. (Scurvy + many days away from your lady = a blubbery creature looking supple and bodacious.)Blackbeard, the fierce and terrible pirate, was afraid of his crew being lured into a watery grave by mermaids, so he ordered his ships to avoid certain areas reputed to have a high number of mermaid sightings.Since 2009, the town of Kiryat Yam, Israel has offered a prize of $1 million dollars to anyone who can prove the mermaid off their coast is real. The prize remains unclaimed.
A changeling water spirit gains a soul, when she falls in love with a human being... But if a human rejects the love of one of her kind, she will disappear... And if he betrays her, he will die... A romantic, tragic, supernatural story that may only be suitable for kids at higher middle grade age, young adults and anyone else. This is book 12 in the Traditional Mermaid Folk Stories Collection.