Thanks to all the wonderful delegates who attended our OGOM Project #SeaChanges event at the British Library. I particularly enjoyed seeing all the mermaid images on the screens for 'today at the library'. It gave me a real buzz to see our event get underway! Loved it!
A big OGOM thank you to our star keynote @catherinespooner.bsky.social for bringing sparklefication to our discussion of #GothicMermaids #SeaChanges and for being such a wonderful long standing supporter of our research project for over 15 years!
A big OGOM thank you to #SeaChanges keynote @kgarner.bsky.social so much helpful advice on humanities funding seamlessly interwoven with her research into Scottish #mermaids and Romanticism. We are sharing the slides with all our delegates. Wonderful to have you!
A big OGOM thank you to @betsycornwell.bsky.social for her insight into the Selkie myth and how it can be adapted into fiction and memoir #SeaChanges. A beautiful and memorable reading for everyone attending the online day. So glad you could stay for days 2 & 3 Betsy!
Although we couldn't attend the #seachanges conference this week, delegates can find out more about our @ogomproject.bsky.social books, and take advantage of a special 30% discount here...
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On my way back from the fantastic #SeaChanges conference organised by @ogomproject.bsky.social. Best opportunity to present my project on #mermaids before I go into hiding for the last stretch of writing
Assoc Prof Sam George launches the 2nd day of #gothicmermaids #seachanges @ogomproject.bsky.social Looking forward to more tales and tails of watery wonders - starting with the Ningyō
Woo hoo the Tote bags and Programmes have arrived for #SeaChanges looking forward to meeting all the delegates! #GothicMermaids
Woo Hoo the box of printed programmes for
@OGOMProject #SeaChanges conference has arrived!! Only a week to go. We're so excited to meet all the delegates. If you are going to be joining us join with our hashtags #SeaChanges #GothicMermaids @UHresearch
X is for XANA
Nymph-like beings that inhabit rivers & lakes in Northern Spain. Part of Asturian folk tradition, their legacy endures today. XANA emerge on Saint John's Eve & they can use magic to shapeshift into dragons or Cuélebre. Image: P. Swan, Water Nymph 1907 #Seachanges
U is for UNDINE
A water spirit who couples with a knight, in order to gain a soul in a fairy-tale novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. The first adaptation was E. T. A. Hoffmann in 1816. 🎨Undine beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1909) #SeaChanges
T is for TRITON
Greek Sea God, half man, half fish, son of Poseidon.
I am worn out with dreams;
A weather-worn, marble TRITON
Among the streams (W.B. Yeats) #SeaChanges
Q is for QUILLER COUCH
The author of 'Cornwall's Wonderland' (1914). A collection of folkloric tales bringing to life the mystical landscape of Cornwall and featuring 'Lutey the #Mermaid' . Image: Green-haired mermaids by Arthur Rackham #SeaChanges
FISHY NETSUKE 根付 These exquisite miniature sculptures have a long history & reflect important aspects of Japanese folklore. Popular during the Edo period in Japan (1615–1868). Spirits & magical creatures including human fish hybrids or Ningyō are common #SeaChanges
KEYNOTE 'The luck of the Ningyō: Hybridity and the rise of the fake museum mermaid'. Looking forward to sharing my research with all the wonderful attendees at #SeaChanges
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C is for CEASG
In Scottish folklore the CEASG is #mermaid with the tail of a salmon. Said to grant three wishes to anyone who can catch her. She can be found in Scottish streams and rivers #SeaChanges #GothicMermaids 🎨Waterhouse's Mermaid 1900 has a silver salmon tail
A is for AMBOINA MERMAID
Writers recorded the capture of a mermaid on the island of Amboina 1712. Said to be 5 feet long, it screeched like a mouse & would not eat fish. The mermaid appears in 'Fishes, Crayfish & Crabs', a collection of the region's sea-life (1712) #SeaChanges
Update on BOOKING for
#SeaChanges: The fairy tale gothic of mermaids, selkies and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river 3-day conference 6-8 Sept at the British Library and online #GothicMermaids opengravesopenminds.com/events/booki...
OVER ON THE OGOM BLOG Molly the Merrow, our #SeaChanges conference mascot makes an appearance!
Molly the Merrow
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C is for CEASG
In Scottish folklore the CEASG is #mermaid with the tail of a salmon. Said to grant three wishes to anyone who can catch her. She can be found in Scottish streams and rivers #SeaChanges #GothicMermaids 🎨Waterhouse's Mermaid 1900 has a silver salmon tail
A is for AMBOINA MERMAID
Writers recorded the capture of a mermaid on the island of Amboina 1712. Said to be 5 feet long, it screeched like a mouse & would not eat fish. The mermaid appears in 'Fishes, Crayfish & Crabs', a collection of the region's sea-life (1712) #SeaChanges
MERMAID A-Z
A #mermaid a day to mark the build up to our conference:
Sea Changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river
6-8 Sept British Library & online #GothicMermaids #SeaChanges opengravesopenminds.com/sea-changes-...
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