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The Singing Mermaid

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The Singing Mermaid	comment	The Singing Mermaid, originally titled Van het Zingende Meerminneken is a Flemish Fairy Tale collected by Belgian folklorists Charles Polydore de Mont and Alfons de Cock first published in 1898 in Dit zijn Vlaamse vertelsels uit den volksmond opgeschreven, that falls under Nautical Folklore. It was translated to English and published in 1917 in the book Christmas Tales of Flanders, illustrated by Belgian artist Jean de Bosschère. The tale has been reprinted a couple of times in Dutch fairy tale collections, creating the misconception the tale is of Dutch origin instead of Flemish. Around 1970, Nelly Kunst included it in Er was eens... Bekende Oude Sprookjes Naverteld Door Nelly Kunst, and J.R.W. Sinninghe included it in Volkssprookjes uit Nederland en Vlaanderen, published in 1978. The tale is a variant of the Mother and Death motif as found in The Story of a Mother by Hans Christian Andersen and The Aged Mother by The Brothers Grimm, but it lacks the theophilosophic compliance and allows the mother to get her child back.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A fisherman's widow goes looking for her only child when they don't return home for dinner. She searches along the coast until late at night she happens upon a mermaid who sings about the children playing happily in her castle at the bottom of the sea. Upon being asked, the mermaid confirms the widow's child is among her charges now and continues singing. The widow begs and begs for her child until the mermaid feels pity and takes the widow along to a room in her castle. Through a tiny window, she can watch her child playing happily with the other children and she may stay as long as she wants. The widow is content at first, but as time passes longs for contact. She begs and begs once more and again the mermaid takes pity. She will return the child if the widow weaves her a mantle of her own hair, which the widow eagerly begins to work on. But again, time takes a toll on her emotional state, because her hair grows only so slowly. She doesn't have to beg this time — the mermaid takes pity and lends the widow a salve (or potion) to make her hair grow faster. It still takes a long time to finish the mantle, but the widow gets it done to the mermaid's satisfaction. She reunites the widow and her child and returns them to the surface.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Compare with the stories surrounding Davy Jones, who keeps the corpses and sometimes the souls of drowned sailors in his locker, which is the seafloor.
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The Singing Mermaid / int_269e82c1	comment	Death of a Child: The death of the widow's only child is what brings about the rest of the tale. Beyond the usual importance of a child, this child is all the family the widow still had, which adds to her desperation. The tragedy becomes even greater when the child is shown to be just one of many children who have been lost to the waves.
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The Singing Mermaid / int_9606ded5	comment	Awesome Underwater World: The mermaid's castle at the bottom of the sea is a sight to behold. It houses the souls of drowned children, who get to play for eternity.
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The Singing Mermaid / int_b76db402	comment	Bald Women: The widow ends up bald (until her hair grows back naturally) when she uses her own hair to make the mermaid a mantle. It's a sacrifice she didn't need to think about twice.
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