Dark Mermaids | Ancient Legends & Mermaid Lore

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:19 Ancient Mermen
5:26 The Ballard of Agnes and the Merman
8:04 The first mermaid
9:01 The Nymphs
11:48 The Two Tailed Mermaid, Mélusine
19:08 Why does she have two tails?
22:16 Hippocrates’ Daughter
26:00 Swan maidens and Valkyries

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Resources:
Avdikos, Evangelos. “Vampire Stories in Greece and the Reinforcement of Socio-Cultural Norms.” /Folklore/, vol. 124, no. 3, 2013, pp. 307–26. /JSTOR/, http://www.jstor.org/stable/43297710. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.
Hedreen, G. (1994). Silens, Nymphs, and Maenads. /The Journal of Hellenic Studies,/ /114/, 47-69. doi:10.2307/632733
Larson, J. (2001). /Greek Nymphs, Myth, Cult, Lore/. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Ridley Elmes, Melissa. "The Alchemical Transformation of Melusine". Melusine’s Footprint. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004355958... Web.
Read the many tales of Melusine here: [Melusina (Melusine, Mélusine)](https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/melusina...)
*THE VOIAGE AND TRAVAYLE OF SIR JOHN MAUNDEVILLE, KNIGHT.*[The Project Gutenberg ebook of ‘The Voiage and Travayle of Sir John Maundeville Knight’ by John Mandeville, edited by John Ashton](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/54281...)
Waugh, Arthur. “The Folklore of the Merfolk.” /Folklore/, vol. 71, no. 2, 1960, pp. 73–84. /JSTOR/, http://www.jstor.org/stable/1258382. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.
Woodard, R. D. (2011). /The Cambridge Companion to Greek Mythology/. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.