mermaids Archives - Cathrin Hagey https://www.cathrinhagey.com/tag/mermaids/ Author and Blogger Wed, 28 May 2025 03:22:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 67173325 Mermaids https://www.cathrinhagey.com/mermaids/ Wed, 08 Jan 2020 19:03:21 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=4634 Thousands of years since the first fish goddess emerged from the primordial human collective unconscious, countless women pine to be mermaids. Hans Christian Andersen and Disney merely exploited the contents of this particular Pandora’s box. It is thought that Andersen used the archetype in order to submerge unrequited desires. Disney turned Andersen’s tortured protagonist into […]

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]]> 4634 Rusalki https://www.cathrinhagey.com/rusalki/ Sat, 29 Dec 2018 19:28:08 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=4297 As the earlier matrilineal customs of old Russia dwindled and the tsar’s masculine model of governance superseded them, the status of women shifted and worsened. When a voice is unjustly silenced, it will seek an alternative outlet. Much of folklore and folksong fills this need: righting a wrong, demanding justice, telling in metaphor a truth that […]

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