Originally published in 1837 as part of a collection of fairy tales for children, the story follows the journey of a young mermaid princess who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a human soul.

2020年4月9日 · ‘The Little Mermaid’ (1837) is one of the most layered and fascinating fairy tales written by Hans Christian Andersen. At once the quintessential fairy tale and a curious subversion of the fairy-tale form, ‘The Little Mermaid’ requires some careful analysis to unpick its various strands and meanings.

The Little Mermaid (1837) is one of Hans Christian Andersen's most beloved fairy tales. It is about a mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and immortality in exchange for a human soul. We feature it in our Fairy Tales Guide.

2024年2月3日 · The classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of a Little Mermaid, and what she will do for love. Read the best bedtime stories and kids poems at Storyberries!

2025/01/26 Fairy tale: The little mermaid - A fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep, so deep, indeed, that no cable could fathom it: many church steeples, piled one upon another, would not reach from the ground beneath ...

2020年10月27日 · The little mermaid, dressed in silk and gold, held up the bride's train; but her ears did not hear the solemn music, neither did her eyes behold the ceremony: she thought of the approaching gloom of death, and of all she had lost in this world.

"The Little Mermaid" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It was first published in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1837 in the third volume of Fairy Tales Told for Children with " The Emperor's New Clothes ".

2020年8月30日 · The little mermaid swam right up to the cabin window, and every time the waves lifted her up she could look in through the polished panes and see many finely dressed people standing in the cabin. But the handsomest of all was the young prince with the large black eyes.

The little mermaid stood eager to see her beauty, and she was obliged to confess that a lovelier creature she had never beheld. Her complexion was exquisitely pure and delicate, and her trustful eyes of the deepest blue shone through their dark lashes.

2023年9月10日 · Halle Bailey's The Little Mermaid tells Disney's version of the story — but there's a much more tragic fairy tale behind it, as well as a love story.