Sirenophilia

Mermaid fansites | Weeki Wachee | New Age

Mermaid fansites

"Mermaid Fansites" are characterized by an enthusiasm for mermaids, supported by text, music and graphics, most pulled from elsewhere on the web. They belong to genre that HTML brough back to life—the scrapbook, or commonplace book. But they are shared scrapbooks.

Mermaid Pool pages, with fantasy illustrations and poetry, some about mermaids, some just love and longing. See also an excellent set of mermaid links, all from Captain Blood's Cove, a really rich collection of (mostly) pirate pages.

"As a sailor myself, I wanted to dedicate a portion of this site towards these legendary Mermaids. They have and forever will remain the beautiful creatures of the deep who protect and capture our hearts.

Lady Leigh's Mermaid Site with a list of mermaid terms around the world, and some links. Other fantastic beasts get more attention at Lady Leigh's World of Fantasy.

Or better; but painful

Kayko's Mermaid Tavern and Where do mermaids lurk?

Mystic Mermaid. Includes a merman page, movies, and poetry.

Merchild.com with poetry and images, including one gallery of 3-D computer art and another of Dorian Cleavenger art.

Mermaids and Legends. Legends and small images. Some of the legends deserve their own place in this index, but they aren't sourced. Most or all are, I think, taken from other sites.

Mermaids, Undines and Sea Goddesses, with a gallery.

The Mermaid's Keep.

Oceanna's Sea Dreams.

Michelle Kaiser / Gypsy Mermaid — Under the Sea.

The Realm of the Fae. From Aelora; see her mermaids page.

Walter McCabe's Mermaids and Seacreatures. Includes an acrostic poem.

Weeki Wachee

Official page from the Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida. The mermaids of Weeki Wachee have been performing underwater shows since 1947; a photo with Elvis is featured.

"'Mermaids' Fight to Save Florida Roadside Attraction" from National Geographic News (March 2004).

Roadside America: Weeki Wachee, City of Mermaids.

IMDb: Weeki Wachee Girls. Sexual exploration film draws mixed reviews. See also review page at Atom Films.

Beans around the World. Photographer describes Weeki Wachee and takes pictures of a can of baked beans at various locations around the park.

New Age

Mer-Notes from Mer-Matt. New-Age essays on mermaids. Highlights include:

• Our First Dive Into the Realm of Merfolk introducing Mer-Matt's central psychological conception, that "merfolk are messengers from the deepest part of our own internal seas."
• Why Some People Love Mers and Some Fear Mers.on "merphiles" and "merphobes."
• Our Sea Mother Goddesss wets Earth-Mother Goddess conceptions.

Water, Mermaids and Magick by Lady Abigail, "Adult Pagan Essay Series."

Summary of mermaid history with a pagan cast, from Jack-o-Witch, Jacksonville, FL, pagans.

"Mermaids - Spirits or Goddesses?" by Patience Gent. Another romp through history, myth, Tiamat, Nag Hammadi[1], the Gnostic gospels generally), Sheila-na-gig, Australia, and so forth. If you have no method and allow yourself to consider anything from any period and place of human thought, you can connect the dots however you like!