#native mermaid

[ladyimaginarium]

indigenous mermaid moodboard.

[jesncin]

Do fish-like/mermaid atlanteans exist in JL remix? (I'm asking because I'm a Lori Lemaris Liker, it's interating that she has 'passed' as human before and she and Clark are cute as a 'dated a little in college, are now pals' thing and I think It'd be neat in the 'remixverse)

Yes! I've personally long ago reimagined Atlanteans as looking more monstrously-fish like for my designs of Mera and her twin Hila (though I've made Hila way more butch'ed out now):

I like the idea of Arthur looking visibly mixed as someone more human-passing in Atlantean culture (though now that I'm free from the constraints of a school assignment, I'd make Atlanteans more fishy). I don't know how controversial it is to imagine Lori as a type of Atlantean, but I think that makes sense for now.

[meeravandaseera]

Enigma of the Mermaids in Palma Ceia in Tampa, Florida's Gulf Coast.

The Supposed Anne Bonny Mermaid and the Stingray-maiden named Qualenya

During my initial research, the tides of time led me to a some obscure mermaid legends, one of a stingray-maid named Qualenya and one legend of the piratess Anne Bonny which tells of how she supposedly turned into a mermaid. As of now, I have only fragments from what I was able to find. I could only find finformation from Flickr, Wikimedia Commons, and entries from a Blogspot.

According to what I was able to find, both are said to be from Palma Ceia, a neighborhood in Tampa in Florida's Gulf Coast. Qualenya, the stingray-maid, wielding an anchor, and Anne Bonny the pirate mermaid, wielding a sword, are both featured on the seal for Palma Ceia already since the 1920s as most of these depictions above are said to stem from that time, perhaps already since 1906. Those depicted seals above seem to have been common in advertisements for newspapers. I could only find finformation about both mermaids primarily through Wikimedia Commons or Flickr where sea-rtain depictions of either were published, all of them being released as Public Domain. Most images only got released as of 2018, but I could find some finformation from earlier, namely a retelling of Qualenya's legend because Blogspot entries of "Unusual History Florida" or "Unusual History Tampa" related some legends from the region apparently in 2012 despite that the provided link further below says "2016" in it. Regarding that, I am quite confused. It appears that from what is related, some legends or most may come from the 19th and 20th centuries as "Unusual History Florida" for finstance states how "there is also an older legend from the early 1800's (...)" and this is also more evident in the latter related legend of Anne Bonny below in this scroll. Still and all, from what I could find, it could be that the legend of Qualenya may have been passed down by the Seminole Native American people. I figured that because on a Wikimedia Commons entry of a modern artistic depiction of Qualenya which I refrain from showing here, the description says that the artist under the user Mills20000 got this story told from a Seminole Native American woman on a Native American storytelling festival. The artist... "drew this based on a story that a Seminole Indian woman told me at a yearly Native American story telling festival. Qualenya is the queen of the sting rays that guides them on their yearly migration along the coast. The migration was spiritually important and an excellent source of food that seem to flow from a divine source it was so massive".

Above, one can sea a supposed petroglyph of her alongside. The description on Wikimedia Commons states that "Qualenya, a stingray mermaid depicted in a petroglyph in Crystal River, Florida taken during the 1917 excavation at Crystal River by Clarence B. Moore".

Another above illustration of Qualenya from Wikimedia Commons apparently came from an early 20th century story-book meant for the youth which seems finteresting how her legend may have been related in that tide over such means, if what is stated is true.

Unusual History Florida relates Qualenya's legend as follows (http://unusualhistorytampa.blogspot.com/2016/11/qualenya-sting-ray-mermaid-of-floridas.html) ...

"Long ago there was a boy who lived with his fisherman uncle in Florida. The uncle was very cruel and made the boy clean fish all day long and never let him play with any friends. Then one day the boy was emptying a bucket of fish and he heard a voice say “If you spare me, I will grant you any wish.” It was coming from a sting ray. The boy took the sting ray to the water���s edge where it transformed into a beautiful girl with the wings and tail of a ray. She told him her name was Qualenya, the queen of the sting rays. Before  swimming away she handed him a golden shell with which to call her for his wish. That night his uncle asked the boy to bring the ray inside to prepare for dinner. When the boy told him he had released it, the uncle got very angry. He chased the boy out of the house and down to the shore. The boy took out the golden shell and blew inside it. Immediately, Qualenya appeared and the boy asked her to take him far away. He climbed onto her back and they swam together down the Florida coast, followed by all the other rays. He never saw his cruel uncle or cleaned another fish again. Every year all of the rays in Florida make this same journey to celebrate the boy who saved their queen".

The depiction of the Anne Bonny Mermaid above is a bit edited by myself, originally she does not have something on her chest. Both descriptions of this depiction of hers state that she, "the most fearsome of all sea hags first appeared in the winter of 1733, the same year Anne Bonny was tossed into the sea upon her conviction for piracy. They say that Anne made a deal with The Sailor’s Devil, that if she allowed him to marry her unborn daughter, he’d grant her eternal life beneath the sea. Ever since, all through the Caribbean and up the Florida coast, Bonny has been luring curious sailors to rocky shallows where their boats are crushed and sunk". Supposedly, it comes from a 1800s book on pirates, but its title is not stated in any tide, therefore I cannot swim to any conclusions.

Oh, well... I wish that I someday may fish more finformation about these. As of now, one cannot say much about them for shore. Such aforementioned sources are not utterly credible, unfortunately. I hope to perhaps someday get to know more reliable sources upon these mermaids since I am utterly fascinated by this. Of course, folklore is something passed down over the means of oral tradition and thus always shifts, but these sources that I have stated here are not very well for re-sea-rch, especially because much seems more ambiguous and in unclear waters like how the supposed book on pirates' title is not mentioned.

If any stated source shall be unavailable, attempt to sea it with any archival site.

Thanks for diving into me and my sea as always. :>

[mothskinnedman]

As an act of protest, almost every character in Day-to-day Cryptids is now an illegal immigrant under the protection of native Cryptids.

-Matthew: Native protector

-Nessie: Scottish

-Juniper: Martian (literally an illegal alien)

-Chupi: Puertorrican (got there without propper paperwork)

-Sasquach: Native and the founder of the International Home for Beasts.

-María: Mexican (one of the protectors of the South American cryptids)

-Chico: Mexican

-Pivati: Canadian

-Layla: African/Caribean

[iridescentis]

I had no idea there were still people in the mako/h2o fandom that's so cool actually

maybe I need to get on with that essay huh

[truetotradition]

A Whales Tail

Red abalone pendant carved by Chumash Artist Steven Saffold on a necklace beaded with dentalium shell, abalone, mother of pearl, and glass seed beads with sterling silver toggle clasps.

[paddysnuffles]

[phosphorus-noodles]

suggestion for if you pick up a language course: songs!

find a song you like the sound and story/premise of, then learn how to sing a few lines from it! it's wonderfully fun to learn, and can be a bit more forgiving with pronunciation since singing distorts words artistically and intentionally. it's also a great way to find a sense of pride, since it's a pre-determined quantity that you can proud of making progress on! plus, it lets you explore a new range of music you might not have tried out beforehand

I've changed my mind I'm learning Swedish so I can sing Caramelldansen.

[passionpluto]

i've never understood cinema sins-type people who point out plot holes in movies because, even as a little girl, i was such a massive linguistics nerd that i headcanoned the reason ariel couldn't write a note to eric was something like "the mermaid language is pretty much phonetically identical to english, but with a lettering system that's incomprehensible to humans"

[scarlct-vvitch]

if i start talking shit abt how bad that little mermaid remake looks pls know its not about ariel herself and instead the fact that all of these remakes look like soulless bullshit

[rizumuj]

Did anyone watch the Peter Pan remake? Personally, the story was never nostalgic nor interesting to me, whether animated or live action. Also, the highlight from the original film was when Wendy got jumped by the mermaids, and she almost put the fear of Poseidon in them... I doubt they remade this scene though 😂

[wildbeautifuldamned]

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[justaholeinmysoul]

It's so funny that people on sm always cry about representation then completely ignore movies and shows about and made by and for actual minorities.

[existentialcrisis-24-7]

Oc posting time

Ramblings ahead!

This is Mac in a formal outfit I’ve been throwing around for a silly Cinderella themed episode that is like, the B-plot of several episodes (shoe’s not magical or anything so the Prince/Important Person remembers his face and starts a manhunt). I was also exploring some cultural world building with witches bc it was kind of a thing that cropped up any time I drew a witch (bar one character who has an excuse) that they’d always wear some kind of witchy coat with a simple dress/gown underneath and that became such a regular consistent choice that I unconsciously went “yeah Mac would wear that but fancy” the moment the question of formal wear came up. Like he’s not a witch anymore but you don’t really just forget the culture and the norms you were raised with even if he doesn’t have the opportunity to wear a witchy coat and a dress/gown in his daily life. Anyway take this man in a dress.

These are all the same guy. He’s a Prince from a long time ago who got cursed and who’s soul and body is now directly tied to his sword (not pictured bc I can’t draw swords). I want him to look like the stereotypical rich vampire. He’s not I just think it’s funny (especially given there is a vampire in the group but he got turned like a month ago and is still coping with the trauma). He first gets introduced with short hair but as the story goes on he grows it out. Also he doesn’t know what modern fashion is, be nice. I was also toying around with a formal outfit for him, but it’s much harder bc all the inspo I have for him is patterned and I’m not drawing all that in a sketch.

This is Rosemary idk her gender, she doesn’t either. Shes fuckinf going thru it rn trying to figure out herself while surviving on her own. Her story is completely unrelated to the other two dudes’ one. I don’t think they’ll ever actually meet in canon. I just drew her and wanted to share. Shes half human, half this world’s equivalent of dwarf, which is a kind of elf (called Umbram in-universe). She was also turned into a vampire a while back. I’ll go into Umbrams some other time, but vampires can access some blood magic that allows them to change form, usually into something more appealing to others, and she lives in an area with a high human and (tree) elf population (tree elves look different and they don’t Have a name yet).

[flamsparks]

Disney Princesses singing in their Native Languages (part 3)

Part #1

Part #2

Further info about my choices for the languages in this video under the cut

Tiana

In the bilingual city of New Orleans, where English and Cajun French had been coexisting for a long time, I would expect Tiana to speak both natively. I used the Canadian dub for French, not the one from France.

English Tiana: Anika Noni Rose French Tiana: Nancy Fortin

Anastasia

The story is about Tsar Nicholas II’s (then) lost daughter Anastasia. And since Disney acquired Fox years ago, that’s good enough for me to count Anastasia as a Disney princess. Typical me, yeah

Russian Anastasia: Masha Kats | Ма́ша Кац

Ariel

According to a book from the official Disney Princess franchise, “A Treasury of Enchanting Tales” (2019), the story takes place in the Mediterranean Sea in the 17th century.

Moreover, Disney also confirmed that Eric's castle is located in Italy. Despite this though, since Triton is a god from the Greek pantheon (but not present in the Roman one), Greek seems like the logic choice to me. Please, note that this video is about Disney’s movies, not the stories behind them. Yes, the tale is originally Danish, but just like Elsa is not Danish, or Tiana is not German, Disney’s Little Mermaid is not Danish either. Please, understand that this is how folk tales work: they are told and re-told countless times, changing and gaining new traits as they go. Yes, this story comes originally from a Danish tale, and no one will ever take that away from The Little Mermaid

Greek Ariel: Ánna Róssi | Άννα Ρόσση (1998 re-dub)

Aurora

According to a book from the official Disney Princess franchise, “A Treasury of Enchanting Tales” (2019), the story takes place in a generic "Western Europe" in the 14th century. Looking closely at the provided map, it seems to me the place falls somewhere in Northern France or maybe in Wallonia (French-speaking part of Belgium).

French Aurora: Danielle Licari (1981 re-dub)

Elsa

Anna and Elsa are daughters of a Norwegian king and a Sámi queen, as is shown in Frozen 2. It is also shown they have no trouble understanding the meaning of “All is Found”, a traditional Northuldra lullaby, which is certainly sung in Sámi. This means that Anna and Elsa are bilingual Norwegian-Sámi native speakers.

Norwegian Elsa: Lisa Stokke Sámi Elsa: Marianne Pentha

Source for the various international dubbers here

[nattynaturalgal]