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Lilylizard and BookMooch
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BMJournal: Celebration of Mermaids |
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2006-1 |
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BM1181315859686811580 |
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In tribute to my Danish heritage, this BookMooch Journals theme is a Celebration of Mermaids.
The Little Mermaid sitting at Langelinie in Copenhagen, is one of Denmark's biggest tourist attractions. The sculpture was put up in 1913, and has since then been the symbol of Denmark.
According to the Standard Dictionary of Folklore: Mythology and Legend, Merfolk (mermaids and mermen) are supernatural beings who live primarily beneath the sea.
Mermaids and other female water spirits have appeared in folklore and religions around the world for many centuries. They may be viewed as symbols both of men's idealization of the feminine and of men's fear of women. There is also ambivalence in women's views of mermaids, which may represent subservience to patriarchy, as in The Little Mermaid, yet also embody female freedom and power,
as in images of goddesses.
Science has not yet entirely explained away the mermaid who, like the Loch Ness Monster, still lurks on the borders of credibility. As long as parts of the world's oceans remain a mystery no doubt people will continue to believe in the existence of hidden submarine beings.
You have complete artistic freedom...so be as creative as youd like and use as many pages as you like, write, scrapbook, stamp, draw, paint, scribble, include multimedia or found objects, whatever direction your inspiration takes. Have FUN!!!
When you are done with this journal, please re-list it on BookMooch so that project participants can follow it. When the book is full please contact me ~Lilylizard~ to make arrangements for its return. |
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Alicia (USA: GA) (2008/05/08):
Get more information, including images of the journals, at the BookMooch Journals site. Go directly to this journal’s entry here.
Debi (USA: UT) (2008/06/29):
It was great doing this journal and sharing about my own Danish heritage. A real treasure of a journal! Journal Hugz, Debi Hoggan
lilylizard (USA: CT) (2009/12/31):
DO NOT ADD TO WISHLIST.
"Celebration of Mermaids" which i created, went to CarlyS (FL) on 6/29/08. Her daughter posted on her page last year that she'd been in an accident but should be ok...I've sent emails but get no response, so it appears this journal is out of circulation. Other journals I created all seem to have gone missing:
“Shine” appears to have been lost to Zenfish (OR) since June 2008.
"Magnetic Poetry" Bookmooch Journal traveled to Sue Stoughton in Illinois on 8/1/2007. Her account is now closed and my journal I guess is somewhere in her home or trash.
Bookmooch Journal Library Charity (Heard and Mc Donald Islands) (2012/11/17):
The journaller who last received this was in a bad accident and nothing has been sent out since.
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