Questions tagged [mermaids]
A mermaid is an aquatic creature with the upper body of a human female and the tail of a fish. Mermen are the male equivalent. Use this tag for questions concerning mermaids and mermen as they appear in sci-fi and fantasy works.
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Possibly isekai, village-building manga in which a mermaid moves in with and says she will be the wife of the main character
I forgot if the main character (MC) is banished, but he created a village with a castle that has a lake in the back. Later on, a princess mermaid moves in and says that she will be the wife of the MC. ...
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A short story about a boy who was the son of a "normal" woman and a vaguely human denizen of the deep
I read this Fantasy short story more than 20 years ago, in a collection.
There are two main characters, one is a "normal human" marine biologist. A dozen years or so before the events in the ...
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TV series: girl becomes a mermaid by rubbing a gel on her legs, brother grows into a man in one day
I remember watching a TV show where there's a family consisting of a father, mother, elder daughter and a son. The intro of the show is like any other intro just showing them and their names and some ...
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Fantasy episode with mermaid or other creature, strangling with her prehensile hair
I am looking for English/American movie or an episode from TV series, in which someone told a legend about a beautiful naked woman strangling on the beach/island with her hair. She was naked ...
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Episode of a show where a guy and a girl search for a mermaid
I’m trying to remember this episode of this show I watched when I was younger. It was this show of this guy and girl. I wanna say it was a reality show, maybe.
In this episode they are looking for a ...
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Very old cartoon of a mermaid or sea maiden probably from Warner bros animation
I'm looking for a very old cartoon animation that was probably done by Warner Bros animation. My father got this vhs tape when I was like 2 or 4 years old and I watched the tape several times over the ...
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A girl discovers she has fairy blood, becomes a fairy then a mermaid
It basically has a girl who comes across fairies and figures out she has fairy blood too. When her parents figure it out, they host a little party for the fairies and their girl who's going to be a ...
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80s book about mermaids in a cove or bay
Seeking title and author please: I read a cool library book in the 80s in Australia about a family who goes to a holiday house on a cove and they find mermaids there. They keep it secret.
Im 100% sure ...
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Animated movie w/ sad ending & turning to stone
I remember watching what I believe was an animated movie as a kid in the 80’s. Seems like it was about a mermaid. Remember the ending was sad and turned to “real life” where it showed she had been ...
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Black and white webcomic about a merman and a human guy who’s a potential friend/love interest
I recently remembered a comic I saw on Tumblr a really long time ago, I don't know how to find it so I stumbled upon this site and maybe someone here remembers it.
The comic was drawn in black and ...
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Webcomic with a mermaid and a bird legged android?
Webcomic with a mermaid and a bird legged android?
I watched a while back a first part youtube video about a webcomic with a mermaid and a bird legged android. It was maybe 5 years old and maybe was ...
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Why are DC's Merfolk, like Lori Lemaris, different from other Atlanteans, like Aqua Man?
The undersea kingdom of Atlantis is an established fact in DC canon; it's where Arthur Curry [Aquaman] hails from, and that origin is the reason for his powers. However, traditional "merpeople", with ...
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Story about a mermaid in a quarry pond that a boy plans to rescue as the quarry is to be blown up
I believe there was a YA book of ironic stories that I read between 1979-1983, though it may have been published earlier.
Story I’m looking for: A teenage boy discovers a mermaid living in a pond at ...
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Gory horror movie: mermaid trapped in a freak show, eventually kills her jailor
I really can't remember much about this other than the very start, or at least I think it's the start...
The movie opens with a mermaid trapped in a huge tank of water, as part of some freak show I ...
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Science fiction/fantasy book I read 50 years ago. Took place on the planet Venus
I remember loving this book when I was in middle school It took place on the planet Venus. It was all ocean. There were sea horses (their leader was named Belleraphon) and porpoises and mermaids. A ...
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Book about whispering (wicked) mermaid
A friend of mine just told me about a book about a person named aulice/olice or something like that who want to boat in a river in which whispering mermaids try to enchant people to drown. I only ...
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Has Aquaman ever been a merman?
I see from looking around that Aquaman has existed with and fought mermaids and mermen.
Is there any incarnation of Aquaman where he was a merman, was turned into a merman, or had the ability to ...
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Need help identifying novel about water planet with mams, moonsteeds, mermaids, and singing
I read an excellent book a while back that I think was written in the late 80s or early 90s.
It was set on a planet in which almost the entire surface was covered with water.
There were creatures ...
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Creature Horror Movie about Mermaids
This is going to be a tough one. I apologize in advance for knowing no more of this movie than a TV trailer.
Some time between 2010 and 2016, I saw an announcement for a creature horror movie ...
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