the little mermaid

     

"The Little Mermai" (Danish: Den lille havfrue) is a fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a merperson to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince. The tale was first published in 1837 and has been adapted to various media including musical theater and animated film.

Trivia about the little mermaid

  • In German, this classic story is called "Die Kleine Seejungfrau"
  • In Spanish-speaking countries, this Disney film is known as "La Sirenita"
  • "Part of Your World" & "Under the Sea"
  • In the Andersen tale, at age 15 she swims to the ocean's surface & views the world above for the first time
  • "Under the Sea" from this Disney animated feature won the 1989 Oscar for Best Song
  • Prince Eric,King Triton,Ariel
  • Ursula
  • Buddy Hackett played Scuttle the Seagull in this seagoing fairy tale in 1989
  • This statue bears the name of the beloved children's story it was based on
  • As a teen Gian Carlo Menotti turned this undersea H.C. Andersen fairy tale into an opera
  • She's in Copenhagen, on a rock in the harbor just east of Kastellet Fortress
  • One of the highlights of this film was Sebastian the Caribbean crab singing "Under The Sea"
  • The grandmother of this Hans Christian Andersen heroine wore a dozen oysters on her tail
  • This bronze symbol of Copenhagen, located in its harbor, was designed by Edvard Eriksen
  • Ariel is the fish-tailed heroine who's tired of living "Under The Sea" in the show based on this animated movie
  • She wants to walk on the beach, not swim in the sea
  • After getting a glowing trident, Ursula grows big enough to get rammed by prince Eric's ship in this 1989 film
  • This Edvard Erikson sculpture guards Copenhagen Harbor
  • "Les poissons,Les poissonsHow I loveLes poissonsLove to chop andTo serve little fish"
  • "When we perish we turn into mere foam on the sea" is a line from this Hans Christian Andersen tale
  • "Under the Sea"

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