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{{Gallery page|Mermaids}}

{{en|A [[:en:Mermaid|'''mermaid''']] is a legendary creature with a female human head and torso (if it's male, it's called a '''[[merman]]''') and the tail of a fish, which inhabits the water.}}
{{es|[[:es:Sirena|'''Sirenas''']], como criaturas mitológicas '''marinas'''.}}
{{it|[[:it:Sirena (mitologia)|'''Sirene''']], come creature leggendarie '''marine'''.}}

== Mermaid gallery ==
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Image:Von dem Meerfröuwlin.jpg|Double tailed Mermaid (16th century)
Image:Arnold Böcklin 001.jpg|[[Arnold Böcklin]]: ''Das Spiel der [[:Category:Naiads|Najaden]]'', 1886
Image:John Collier - The Land Baby.jpg|[[John Collier]]: ''The Land Baby'', 1909
Image:Knut Ekwall Fisherman and The Siren.jpg|[[:Category:Knut Ekvall|Knut Ekvall ]] ''The Fisherman and The Siren''
Image:Leighton-The Fisherman and the Syren-c. 1856-1858.jpg|[[:Category:Frederic Leighton|Frederic Leighton]]: ''The Fisherman and the Syren'' , around 1856
Image:John William Waterhouse A Mermaid.jpg| "A Mermaid" by [[John William Waterhouse]], 1900.
Image:Vilhelm Pedersen-Little mermaid.jpg|''[[the Little Mermaid|Den lille Havfrue]]'' by  [[Vilhelm Pedersen]]
Image:TheLadiessWorldMarch1896page18.gif|Advertisement in ''The Ladies' World'', March 1896
Image:Édouard-Henri Avril (24).jpg|[[Paul Avril]]: ''[[Sappho]]'', 1906
Image:Franz von Stuck 006.jpg|[[Franz von Stuck]]: ''Faun und Nixe'', 1918
Image:Clonfert mermaid crop.jpg|Mermaid from Clonfert Cathedral Co. Galway, Ireland
Image:Clonfert mermaid crop (adjusted) 2006-06-21.jpg|Mermaid (adjusted) from Clonfert Cathedral, Co. Galway, Ireland.
Image:Bangkok wat tri thotsathep 008.jpg|Mural in [[Bangkok]], Thailand
Image:MerillaQueenOfTheSea.JPG|[[:Category:Annette Kellerman|Annette Kellerman]] in ''Merrilla, the Queen of the Sea, 1918
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== Sculptures ==
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File:Bietigheim-Bissingen Mermaid Fountain 1557 226.jpg|In 1557 in [[Besigheim]], Germany
Image:Nixe, Wilhelmspost.jpg|Mermaid in [[Bamberg]], Germany
Image:2669 - Siracusa - San Filippo Neri - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 22-May-2008.jpg|Detail from [[San Filippo Neri a Siracusa|San Filippo Neri Church]] (17th/18th century) in [[Syracuse]] (Sicily)
Image:Paris Concorde Réverbère 5.jpg|Detail of a street lamp, [[Place de la Concorde]], Paris
Image:Buen Retiro Alfonso XII 07.jpg|sculpture of a [[:Category:Mermaids|mermaid]] over a sea creature, made by [[Antonio Parera Saurina]] (1868–1946). Detail of the [[Monumento a Alfonso XII, Madrid|monument to Alfonso XII]] in the [[:Category:Parque del Buen Retiro|Jardines del Buen Retiro]] in [[Madrid]] ([[Spain]]), built from 1902 to 1922
Image:Syrenka warszawska0205.jpg|[[:pl:Warszawska Syrenka]]
Image:Bomarzo Park Sirene.JPG|Sacro Bosco of [[:Category:Bomarzo|Bomarzo]], Sirene and two lions
Image:Songkhla mermaid.jpg|Mermaid statue at the Laem Samila beach, Songkhla, Thailand. Statue created in 1966 by [[Jitr Buabus]]

Image:Bloye BUGS mermaid, bronze.jpg|Mermaid by [[:Category:William Bloye|William Bloye]] 
Image:Bloye BUGS mermaid, stone.jpg|Relief by [[:Category:William Bloye|William Bloye]]
Image:Sirena de Chonchi.jpg|Escultura, plaza de [[Chonchi]], Chile 

Image:Boulton&Wedgewood merfamily button f&b.jpg|Mermaid & family, Wedgewood button with M.Boulton cut steels, circa 1760 (Britain)

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==See also==
*[[:Category:Sirens]]

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