Mermaid (disambiguation)

A mermaid is a mythical creature with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a fish.

Mermaid may also refer to:

Ancient history and mythology

• Mermaid (Ninurta), in Sumerian mythology, one of the Heroes slain by Ninurta

Art

• Mermaid (Roy Lichtenstein), a Roy Lichtenstein outdoor sculpture in Miami Beach

Books

• The Mermaid, alternative title for The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue) by Hans Christian Andersen

Film and TV

• The Mermaid (1910 film), a 1910 film by the Than houser Company
• The Mermaid (1965 film), a 1965 Hong Kong film
• Mermaids (1990 film), 1990 film starring Cher, Winona Ryder, and Christina Ricci
  • Mermaids (soundtrack)
• Mermaid (1996 film), originally Rusalka, a 1996 animated short film by Aleksandr Petrov
• Mermaid (2000 film), directed by Peter Masterson
• Mermaids (2003 film), starring Erika Heynatz
• Mermaid (2007 film) (Russian: Русалка, Rusalka), 2007 film directed by Anna Melikian
• Mermaids: The Body Found, 2012 documentary-style television film
• The Mermaid (2016 film), a 2016 Chinese film

Music

• "The Mermaid", choral song by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
• "The Mermaid" (ballad), from the 18th century
• "The Mermaid" (song), by Shel Silverstein
• "Mermaid" (Hitomi Shimatani song)
• "Mermaid" (Train song), from their 2012 album "California 37"
• "Mermaid" (Aya Ueto song)

Places around the world

Australia

• Mermaids Cave, Blue Mountains, New South Wales:unknown creature found
• Mermaid Beach, Queensland, a suburb of the Gold Coast
• Mermaid Reach, a reach of the Brisbane River, Queensland
• Mermaid Waters, Queensland, a suburb of the Gold Coast
• Mermaid Reef, one of three reefs that make up Rowley Shoals, Western Australia

United Kingdom

• Mermaid Quay, a shopping and leisure complex in Cardiff Bay, Wales
• The Mermaid, a watercourse in Norfolk, England

United States of America

• Mermaids Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

see also The Mermaid Inn (disambiguation)

Vessels/ships

• HMS Mermaid, various ships in the British Royal Navy
  • Mermaid-class destroyer, a class of two Royal Navy destroyers in the First World War
  • Mermaid-class frigate, a class of six sailing warships built in the eighteenth century
• HMAS Mermaid (A 02), a Royal Australian Navy survey motor launch
• Mermaid, Kenichi Horie's first solo voyage sailboat
• CZAW Mermaid
• Dublin Bay Mermaid, class of sailing dinghy originated by Dublin Bay Sailing Club, Ireland
• Mermaid (dinghy), a sailing dinghy designed by Roger Hancock
• the Seaview Mermaid, a class of racing keelboat based at the Sea View Yacht Club, Isle of Wight

Miscellaneous

• Mermaid Series, editions of English Renaissance and Restoration dramatists (named after the Mermaid Tavern, above)
• Mermaid (Stafy), character from the Densetsu no Stafy video game
• Mermaid Syndrome or Sirenomelia, a congenital deformity that gives an appearance of a mermaid
• The Fiji mermaid, a hoax presented by PT Barnum
• Mermaiding, wearing a costume mermaid tail, often while swimming
• 'Mermaid', a hybrid tea rose cultivar

See also

• Merman