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showing us how public perceptions of this popular mythical hybrid - at once a human and a fish - illuminate issues of gender

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Accounts inspired spirited controversy amongst believers and sceptics

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Mermaids, Sirens and Selkies: Myths and Legends Space Naturally warm and weather-resistantLegends about sea people part human, part fish have been told across the world since ancient times. Now the best of these stories are brought together in one entrancing volume. Early maps carried illustrations of mermaids alongside monsters, signalling both the allure and the danger of uncharted seas. The far reaching historical and cultural significance of mermaids and their kin is reflected in the myriad stories about them. Odysseus at sea must