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Mythical Marine Folk

by The Library of Congress

Images of mythical beings said to reside under the waves appear in graphic arts, carved in wood and stone, and cast in bronze and fiberglass. Neptune, Triton, mermaids, mermen, and sea nymphs populate our imagination and adorn our art works. A companion to the Life Aquatic album we offer.

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Island Fanta-sea apparel sign, Mallery Street, St. Simons Island, Georgia (LOC)

Neptune fountain, Castle Park Golf, I-95, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (LOC)

The Merma[id] (LOC)

Neptune statue vertical, Surf Slide, Nags Head, North Carolina (LOC)

Mermaid sculpture in Norfolk, the largest city in what's called "Tidewater Virginia" on the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean (LOC)

Mermaid sculpture in Norfolk, the largest city in what's called "Tidewater Virginia" on the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean (LOC)

Neptune, Manufactured by J.L. Adams. (LOC)

A sand man, Atlantic City (LOC)

[Senate Members Room. Carved oak tympanum above the doorway by Herbert Adams showing mermaids supporting an American shield. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)

[Exterior view. Sea Nymph on Sea Horse statue in Neptune Fountain by Roland Hinton Perry. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)

[Exterior view. Detail of Neptune statue in Neptune Fountain by Roland Hinton Perry. Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C.] (LOC)

[Trademark registration by John V. Godwin & Co. for The Neptune Serge brand Serges] (LOC)

Benjamin Franklin Hawkins's c. 1933 "Triton on Dolphin" sculpture at Brookgreen Gardens, a vast complex of sculpture gardens, ecosystem trails, a wildlife preserve and a small zoo on four former rice plantations in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina (LOC)

Another party heard from (LOC)

The Eighth wonder of the world - the Atlantic cable (LOC)

[Trademark registration by Arlington Collar and Cuff Company for [Neptune logo] brand Waterproof Collars and Cuffs] (LOC)

Mermaid sculpture in Norfolk, the largest city in what's called "Tidewater Virginia" on the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean (LOC)

A rendition, perhaps of Poseidon, god of the sea, on a wall of the Salt Hotel in Ilwako, Washington (LOC)

An enigma of the sea (LOC)

[Trademark registration by Triton Remedy Co. for Triton brand A Vegetable Remedy in Tablet Form] (LOC)

The Triton, Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece (LOC)

A mermaid meets King Neptune on this sculpture at Weeki Wachee Springs, a classic Old Florida theme park tourist attraction, now (as of 2020) a state park in Weeki Wachee, Florida (LOC)

The colossal Poseidon (Neptune), from Melos, National Museum, Athens, Greece (LOC)

[Trademark registration by Los Angeles Soap Co. for Mermaid Queen brand Soap] (LOC)

Statue of Neptune, King of the Seas, on the boardwalk in Virginia Beach, one of the Virginia communities in what's called the "Tidewater" area along the Chesapeake Bay and, in the case of Virginia Beach, the Atlantic Ocean (LOC)