"From the seductive danger of the Sirens in Greek myth to the protective / warning sounds of sirens in the 20th century, this book investigates the paradoxical and complex meaning of sirens in Western culture."--
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"From the seductive danger of the Sirens in Greek myth to the protective/warning sounds of sirens in the 20th century, this book investigates the paradoxical and complex meaning of sirens in Western culture"--
The woman lying unconscious on the Irish shore near Ballykirk can't possibly be a mermaid, can she? Still, architect Kellan Quinn wastes no time saving her life. And soon she's recovering in his home--setting his fantasies ablaze in his bed! But heiress Gelsey Woods is no mermai…
A devastating flood has torn through the worlds of Air and Ingo, and now, deep in the ocean, a monster is stirring. Mer legend says that only those with dual blood - half Mer, half human - can overcome the Kraken. Sapphy must return to the Deep, with the help of her friend the w…
Sapphire can swim in the ocean alongside her Mer friends and walk on the rocky shores of the Cornwall coast because of her mixed blood, but when the Kracken stirs in the deep, only Sapphire can swim far enough away from the light to confront the monster and save both of her home…
When the ferocious shape-shifting Kraken awakes after thousands of years and threatens the Mer, Sapphire agrees to help them by going with her brother Conor and their friend Faro into the Deep to lull the monster back to sleep.
Two years after the disappearance of their father, Sapphire and Conor, having moved with their mother to the town of St. Pirans, try to make a new life for themselves, but Sapphire, unlike her mother and brother, finds it increasingly difficult to adjust to her new circumstances…
Two years after the disappearance of their father, Sapphire and Conor, having moved with their mother to the town of St. Pirans, try to make a new life for themselves, but Sapphire, unlike her mother and brother, finds it increasingly difficult to adjust to her new circumstances…
Two years after the disappearance of their father, Sapphire and Conor, having moved with their mother to the town of St. Pirans, try to make a new life for themselves, but Sapphire, unlike her mother and brother, finds it increasingly difficult to adjust to her new circumstances…
Two years after the disappearance of their father, Sapphire and Conor, having moved with their mother to the town of St. Pirans, try to make a new life for themselves, but Sapphire, unlike her mother and brother, finds it increasingly difficult to adjust to her new circumstances…
Esmerine, a mermaid, grows close to her childhood playmate Alander, a winged man, when they join forces to find her sister Dosia, who has reportedly eloped with a human despite the sisters' vow to always keep the sea and its people first in their hearts.
Esmerine, a mermaid, grows close to her childhood playmate Alander, a winged man, when they join forces to find her sister Dosia, who has reportedly eloped with a human despite the sisters' vow to always keep the sea and its people first in their hearts.
A lonely hunter living in the wilderness beside the sea gains a family made up of a mermaid, a bear, a lynx, and a boy.
A lonely hunter living in the wilderness beside the sea gains a family made up of a mermaid, a bear, a lynx, and a boy.
Join Nancy and her friends on six fantastic adventures.
Il mito è solo una stravaganza fiabesca priva di senso? L{u2019}autore affronta l{u2019}interrogativo usando le Sirene come caso paradigmatico. Muovendo da Schelling e Cassirer giunge alle posizioni di Creuzer, Jung e Hillman. Il mito viene visto così come rappresentazione dell{…