Sirens and Mermaids


	Sirens and Mermaids
JohnWaterman
2-17-2008 8:30 PM
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2-17-2008 8:42 PM
dulios
Nice collection. Thanks!
2-17-2008 8:45 PM
BartendingBear
I was looking for a picture of Daryll Hannah in that group.
2-18-2008 3:01 AM
BobbyRutan
BB you beat me to it. What a mesmerizing visual if only in my mind.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e2ce9576-aba9-4bc6-8067-907354e0c1bf/F08C92B5-8CD1-4588-B71E-AED391AFB522/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm" href="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">northstargallery.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><FONT size="4" color="#c0c0c0">The History of Mermaids
and Sirens</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><FONT size="4" color="#c0c0c0">Symbols
of Transformation</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/0F7F04E7-4491-4B5D-BCA7-3BEBF3CEE7AA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><FONT size="2" color="#808080">Mermaids by Arthur Rackham
33</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><P><FONT size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#e8d028">Mermaids have been
enduring symbols in myth and culture for thousands of years. Mermaids continue
to have a very visible role in contemporary society in advertising, movies and
our culture in general. Each year The</FONT><FONT color="#e8d028"><BIG> Coney Island Mermaid
Parade occurs the </BIG><FONT size="4">first
Saturday after the summer solstice around the third week of June, hundreds</FONT><SPAN><FONT size="4" color="#ffffff">
</FONT></SPAN><FONT size="4" color="#e8d028">of mermaids, Neptunes, mer-men and
hundred of thousands of spectators descend upon Coney Island, New York to celebrate the beginning of
Summer and the official opening of the Atlantic Ocean. </FONT></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/437A24DD-3A31-4390-9C29-6A843808EFEF" alt="Coney Island Mermaid - Northstar Gallery" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/89FE28CF-19BC-488D-A6BC-F3449CCFBB8F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><FONT size="2" color="#c0c0c0">Doris
Day</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm">Sirens had such sweet voices that
it is said that mariners
who heard their songs were lured into grounding their boats on the rocks on
which the beautiful nymphs sang</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/0B630D9A-2092-426D-82F7-D1BFC052FAD8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/E476C5AD-97F3-4CB7-A809-D4FF4DF70B69" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><I>A Mermaid - John William
        Waterhouse 1900</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm">he Siren below was found on the top of a
large funerary monument on the Island of Manara</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/27B79895-8A09-4997-9C7B-743FD5A5AA39" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/2216F129-6C20-49AF-92E1-79C4636759A1" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><FONT size="2" color="#c0c0c0">Ulysses and the
              Sirens - Herbert James Draper</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/E1EE7222-84F6-4DC9-84DE-714E2546096D" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/28FB15F5-43C2-4F31-8A00-AC1910DCDD06" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><FONT size="5" color="#ffffff">SIRENS AS SYMBOLS</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><FONT size="5" face="Times New Roman" color="#ffffff">MERMAIDS
      AND RELIGION</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/C040BDDE-D473-4B3E-BF9E-F9999E935B2B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/BF3D7C56-8037-4BE2-A831-9C59CC966E46" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/D2E0CADC-70D3-4435-9CFE-40FE28B33BA0" alt="bench_small.jpg (6962 bytes)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/1A41FDEA-7688-48E3-AD66-23F1DDF683BA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/DB36A118-0E32-43F0-8A65-53D0FE6BF90F" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/37661264-7E5E-416E-8D7A-E631673EE62E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/F869E9E4-63B6-41D5-9A70-9B6942C9438B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://northstargallery.com/mermaids/MermaidHistory2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/northstargallery.com/img/CEB786F1-83F6-485B-9B37-27059009A2B7" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F08C92B5-8CD1-4588-B71E-AED391AFB522/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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