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Episode Thirty-Seven: Mermaids- Serpent Saturdayyy

Season 2, Ep. 37

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Niamh is deep in Sea-tember right now with a full length Mermaids episode. We go right back to the beginning with Atorgatis, then take a swim across continents with folk tales about Suvannamaccha, Rusalki, the Renvyle Merrow (Murrough) in Ireland, and how a school of scary ladies held up construction in Zimbabwe. Did you know the bacckgound to the Starbucks "siren"?


Sources:

/www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-mermaid

“The Mermaid:” Nead an Iolraigh (roll number 11669) Cloonlooaun, Co. Galway

Teacher: Bríd Ní Chadhainhttps://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4602688/4595293/4616680?HighlightText=mermaid&Route=stories&SearchLanguage=ga

https://www.britannica.com/topic/rusalka

https://www.culture.ru/s/vopros/rusalki/

https://folklorethursday.com/folktales/top-mermaid-sightings-in-the-last-century-that-are-hard-to-deny/

https://www.majesticwhaleencounters.com.au/fairytales-myths-legends-and-fantasythe-three-most-famous-mermaids-in-history

https://theworld.org/stories/2017/05/13/zimbabwe-mermaids-appeased-traditional-beer-ritual

https://www.worldhistory.org/Melusine/


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