Saturday, June 14, 2014

Nuclear Mermaid Bath and Instruction

Earlier this week a friend sent me a link to http://www.funathomewithkids.com/ were this interpid and ingenious Mother has found safe and sometimes edible ways in to infuse the magic of black lights into her childrens lives.

HOAX
http://www.snopes.com/photos/food/mountaindew.asp
I am a sucker for all things glow in the dark and UV reactive, I just knew I had to experiment with it. I'll be honest I was sure it was going to turn out like glowing mountain dew hoax.  We tried it! We went out on special 7-Eleven run and everything. Only to find that it was an internet ruse. :(

When setting out to being this nuclear mermaid project, I had my doubts...how could a few vitamins and a black light really do this....


Well, it did! It freaking worked! All be it a little dangerous, this is how we went about creating my dream bath!

This is all you need! 



I used Balanced B-50 B-Complex pills, you have to make sure it the pills are high in THIAMIN. This bottle of pills continues 55% thiamin in each pill! It is actually the thiamin that makes the water glow, it won't work at all with some of the B vitamins, because they contain little to no thiamin.

Now, I have a whole room dedicated to UV reactive paint and decor, so I was not short on Black Lights. (Note: One Black Light is will work just fine, we needed more lights for the photos) My husband ended up rigging four of the bar Black lights around the tub...now here is the scary part. When working in and around water the last thing you want is extension cords, cables and bar lights hanging all around you. Fortunately for me, I married an electrician!

Torleif the Mad Electrician! 
He carefully taped, rigged, attached, and hung the lights around the tub. He taped up the random cables that were everywhere and covered portable power supply that had the light plugged into it with towels. As cautious and as safe as we could manage getting the bathroom, my husband and I both had our trepidations.




I put about 8 pills into a mortar and pestle and easily crushed up the pills, if you don't have mortar and pestle, you can put the pills into a ziplock bag and crush them with the bottom of a glass. Mix the powder into your bathwater and you are ready to glow baby glow!

 
 And, that's it! Seriously! I do insist that if you try this and you are working around water and electrical equipment, to be safe and smart about the whole adventure.
The aftermath! (Draining the tub)

Thanks for checking out my process! If you try this at home please post pictures to  https://www.facebook.com/TenTicklesArtPage

Love, Peace, & Mermaids,
Meridian Mer-Gyver

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Monday, March 24, 2014

The Celtic Compendium of Merfolk



The British Isles, Home too many a strange creature. Ireland home of the Banshee, Pooka, and Leprechauns; Scotland home of Nessie, Brownies, and Doonie, the shape shifting fairy; England home of Jenny Greenteeth, Hob Goblins, and Changelings.  Born in the States and impressed upon by my very British Grandparents, these creatures are quit familiar to me, but it is the creatures of the water that peek my interest.  I come from a long line of sailors, seamen, fishermen, and dockside workers; basically my family lived and died on the waters of the North Sea. I have a strong tie to these places and these stories and I hope that I can give you a little of that old world magic that I grew up with.

The Selkies

Selkies, one of the most recognized of the water creatures.  Hailing from the Orkney Isles of Scotland across the Irish Sea and into Ireland, Selkies are also known as Seal People. When in the water Selkies look just like common seals, but they can shed their seal skins to walk on land. 

Often times a fishermen will stumble across a female Selkie in human forum, if he hides her seal coat she will be his forever, unless she can get her seal coat back. Often times the Selkies will fall in love with the lands people, they give birth on land and after seven years they return to the water, unless their Seal Coat has been hidden.  I have heard some tales state that if the Selkie’s Husband comes for her while she is on land; she is powerless and must return with him.  
It is said that when an Irish child is born with dark hair and eyes, they are of Selkie blood.  (I am of European descent, Scottish and Spanish with dark eyes and dark hair, this part of the legend always fascinated me! It’s fun to think that I could from Selkie Blood.) Selkie Males are said to be very handsome and can seduce a human woman with ease and grace.

If a woman wants to catch a male Selkie for a mate, she must shed seven tears into the oceans water. The more the women are unhappy in their marriages or dissatisfied with their lives, the more tempting their tears become. Selkies males will seek out these women, to seduce and ravish, if it is only for one night, it will be a night she will never forget!



The Kelpies

Kelpies, also known as the Water Horse, dark creatures hell bent on devouring anyone who attempts to ride them.  Kelpies are known throughout the rivers and Lochs of Scotland and Ireland, they are said to be seen wandering the banks.  
They will appear as lost ponies along the river banks and shorelines, if you attempt to ride one, you better hold on tight! Sometimes Kelpies look like normal horses and if you can bridle one he will do your bidding but if you drop or loosen the reins he will drag you to your watery death.  Other times Kelpies are easier to spot, they are described as having pale blue or white skin, the easiest way to identify Kelpies is by their hair and skin.  Their mane always seems to be dripping water and their skin is similar to seal skin and is cold to the touch.  


Horses in general play a big part in Scottish history, recently a Sculptor out of Glasgow, Scotland created these two 100 feet tall horse heads out of 600 tons of steel and can be seen from the M9 (major highway). Out of reverence for the working horses of Scotland and their rich folklore, there two have been named THE KELPIES. 

The Merrows

Merrows are a large race of fairy like mermaids hailing from Ireland and Scotland. Merrows are all female their male counterparts, the mermen are rarely seen and for good reason! It is said that the male Merrow are extremely ugly with pig like features, sharp pointed teeth and scaly green skin.  The females however are said to be extremely beautiful, often described as having green, or white skin, and sea-colored hair. They have delicate white webbing between their fingers and their feet are flatter than humans when on land. The have impressive mermaid tails and a few articles of clothing to allow them to travel at great distance and depths underwater.
Merrows are most recognized and known for their red caps or cape; this allows them to dive beneath the waves and at great depths with ease.  If they lose this cap or cape, it is said that they will lose their power to return beneath the water. This magic cap is sometime made from red feathers other times red fabric and it is called a cohullen druith, in Irish Gaelic. Much like the Selkies, Merrow’s must remove their cap or cloak to come on land in human form. If a mortal finds her cap or cloak, he may hide it and claim her as his bride.  This is fortunate for the man, because Merrows are often extremely wealthy, she will have much wealth do to all the shipwrecks she has plundered over the years! However, like all Merfolk the Merrow will recover her cap or cape and return to the sea leavings her human husband and children behind.

There underwater home is known as The Land beneath the Waves (Tir fo Thoinn) Merrows are cousins to the Fairy World, they are members of the Sidhe or people of the mounds. The Sidhe are descendants from the "Tuatha de Danann" who settled in Ireland eons ago. They were defeated by one of the three warring fairy clans, the Milesians (this is where my blood line comes into play) after their defeat some retreated to the mounds and fairy hills and others retreated to the sea.  Ireland has a two sides to their history, in the beginning it was the fairy clans who fought which eventually gave away to fairy and human interact and soon the human tribes where adapting the fairy names into words of their own. The Milesian tribe became the Milne Clan and that is one of my family names. My Great-Great Grandmother was of the Milne’s; perhaps she knew a Merrow or Fairy in her day! However, I should say that not all Merrows are welcome visions or happy lovers in some parts of Ireland seeing a Merrow can mean death and doom.  


The Dinny Mara
The best I could find to represent the Dinny Mara, sigh...
Source: http://hundredmythologyhaiku.blogspot.com/
Dinny Mara also spelt Dooinney Marrey means “man of the sea”, they are the mermen from the Isle of Man, nestled in the northern waters of Ireland and Scotland. Dinny Mara are only male, from what I can find, there are no females in this tribe. Dinny Mara speak the Manx or Manx Gaelic language, it is a dying language that only a few humans still speak on the Isle of Man.  It is told that these Mermen are kind benign creatures despite their horrible appearance.  Much like the male Merrows the Dinny Mara have pig like eyes and noses, their noses are usually bright red from drinking too much of the Brandy they salvage from sunken ships.  
Their breath has a pungent smell at all times from all the raw fish they consume.  These Mermen are known to be kind and one source said they make good fathers, however I have not been able to corroborate that info yet. It is a known fact of the Dinny Mara is sensitive to the sound of humans whistling, the pitch of the whistle will anger them. The Dinny Mara will raise a terrible wind to try and rock them off course or sink the ship, all to get rid of the noise.  A sailing ship called The Boys Boat was manned by seven young men; each day they set sail they also gave an offering of fresh herring to the Dinny Mara. In return the crew was blessed with heavy fishing nets and a warning of an impending storm that saved the ship and the crew, when all other fleets were lost, it was said that the Dinny Mara appeared to their favorite ship in order to save them.

The Wildman of Orford
Artist: Michael Wickwar
In England off the Suffolk Coast, there is a land completely shaped and reliant on the sea, over the century’s whole villages and towns have been overtaken by the sea while other areas like Oxford are almost completely landlocked. It is a place of many curious happens, but none have been more curious then the Wildman of Orford. In the 12 century a merman or Wildman was caught in the nets of a fishing vessel, the crew hulled the merman a board and brought him to Orford Castle (built for Henry II) where he was imprisoned as an oddity.
Orford Castle
 He was observed and tortured; he never spoke not even during torture. The Wildman had the strange eating habit of only eating fish by pressing it between his hands to drunk the juices and then eat the raw fish.  He was noted to be quit hairy with a long straggly beard and wore no clothes, he also showed no reverence for God or the Church when he was brought in to the local church.  After some time passed the merman’s captures decied to let him go for swim, they hung nets round to keep him from swimming away. Thinking was a safe bet, they let the Wildman frolic and swim, a few moments later he jumped the nets and was free in the open water.  Some stories tell of him never returning to the Suffolk coast and others still that say he returned twice for short visits and then was never seen again.  What remains is rich history that the local people adore, if you travel to the area you will find a memorial to him on the Market Square, he is featured in a famous local restaurant, and can be seen on the busy streets in many forms.
The Wildmann of Orford
There are also a few wild looking men on the font in St Bartholomew’s Church, which I find very interesting since the man who imprisoned and tortured the poor merman was named Bartholomew de Glanville.
 In 2003 a local artist, Michael Wickwar, created a life sized depiction of the Wildman of Orford. The statue was displayed for a series of events held in celebration of the merman in and around Orford Castle.



The Book of Kells
The Book Kells housed at Trinity College

Book of Kells was written around 800 AD, it is an opulent, yet unfinished manuscript containing the four gospels of the New Testament. Full of incredibly detailed illustrations, this book is considered to be Ireland's finest National Treasure.
 I mention this book for two reasons, if you have never seen it, you must! The other is of course a mermaid. I have talked in previous blogs about how the Church took over the mermaid image and used her to represent the impure woman. However, the Book of Kells is much older and the mermaid image still held a great fascination. It is believed that mermaid depicted in the Book of Kells is to represent two of the contributors, Iona and Columba. It is found on a page about genealogy, swimming up the center of the page. (Page (Folio): 213r)



The Mermaid Song by: Great Big Sea
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Seeing how this blog is all about Celtic Folklore, I thought I would close with this song. Not traditional but a great drinking song, give it a listen and you might get a laugh! I wanted to have this finished by St. Patrick’s Day, but life gets in the way, so here is my day late and dollar short season’s greetings! Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of you who are Irish but once a year and to those who are Irish all year! May the luck of the Dinny Mara raise to meet you and may the love of the Selkies always be in your heart.

Love, Peace, & Mermaids,
 Meridian

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

The Fetish of Mermaids ~ Adult Content! (NSFW)

"Fantasy Females are Impossible to Satisfy"
Photographer: Bob Carlos Clarke

With a past full of lustful images, erotic stories, and wild women, how can we possibly blame the mermaid for becoming a sex symbol? Even Disney could not wipe the sexuality away from Ariel, how many times have you heard a man confess to having a crush on her or spanking it to the Little Mermaid movie when they were teens?
How the Internet sees The Little Mermaid! Yikes!
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Words like sexuality, sensuality and erotic are used far too less to describe the mermaid, but we are seeing a small surge in the fetish communities.  Some things are downright silly like the “Scottish Mermaid” Description: Tie a girl’s arms to her sides and her ankles together, put on a kilt and masturbate on her toes as she flips her “fins”! Example: “Dude, she was the one feeling kinky so I gave her a Scottish mermaid.” You can thank Urban Dictionary for that little tidbit!

Now if you follow Cosmopolitan.com you might have seen “Sex Position of the Day”. Even this mainstream magazine has jumped on the sexy mermaid bandwagon. This one is for you lovers out there, give “The Mermaid” a try tonight!

Cosmos says:

“Lie face up at the edge of a bed, desk, or counter top. Place a pillow under your butt to get some elevation. Extend your legs straight up, keeping them close together. You can put your hands under the pillow to raise your pelvis even higher, use them to hold on to the counter or desk for leverage, or keep them free. Your partner then enters you while standing up; if the bed or desk is low, he can kneel on the floor. He can grip your feet for leverage, which will give him the extra stability he needs to thrust more deeply.”  
The Mermaid
Cosmo gives this position 4 out of 5 flames on the Carnal Challenge rating system!  Oh La La!

Well, these are fun ways to spice up your bedroom, but how do mermaids have sex? If you have a Kindle you can find many erotic or paranormal romance novels that involve the carnal acts of the mermaids. However I do not, so I had to dig a little deeper, I combed the dark and treacherous back alleys of google, stocking fetish forums, but never really getting involved. I searched file after file and gasped in shock at some of the images and giggled with delight at others. Until I finally found this…



How mermaids reproduce
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Mermaid Pin Up

Females have human internal reproduction organs; however the vagina is slightly shorter, and the common urogenital opening (the urethra merges with the vaginal canal near the opening) is at the front. The opening can stretch as much as a human vaginal opening; mermaid babies are born live (as opposed to hatched from eggs). A clitoris (which is the same color as the tail) is slightly below theurogenital opening, and an anus is above the urogenital opening. Mermaid vagina's are slightly smaller than human ones (since male mermaid penises are smaller, explained below), so they tend to be more sexually satisfying to human males.Males do have a penis, but it is almost as small as a human female clitoris and is the same color as the tail; it is hardly visible (this is the only plausible explanation to why no one has ever seen a penis on any of the male mermaids). It is used for urination, as well as sexual intercourse. The testicles areinside the tail, as opposed to the pelvis, since they require a slightly lower temperature to function properly (the human and pelvis part is warm-blooded, but the tail is cold-blooded). The anus is above the penis.
(I have no idea where this originally came from, I found it quoted on io9.com and his sources were no good.)


France's Safer Sex Ad
This description is not very flattering to the mermen, but it is only one theory. Some theorize that mermaids and merman can only have sex while on land; if they want to breed they must mate with a human. The merfolk parent will stay on land until the babe is born, then s/he will return to the ocean and the land parent will raise the child for the first year. The land parent will imprint all the things a human child would need to know, like walking and table manners. When the child reaches its first birthday the merfolk parent returns to take the child to live and learn with the rest merfolk. Some legends say Mermen as so ugly that the mermaids have no choice but to find a human lover, while others say the Mermen are so handsome that they go to land and seduce the land women.  Don Severance author of “The Mermaid Story” gives a plausible and erotic scenario between the mermaid Eyphany and her human lover Thorrow.  And apparently, Alida Van Gores' “Mermaids Song” gives quite the description of how rough mermaid sex can saying, even mentioning that it would be best to have sex with a mermaid in a padded cave! (Guess what is going on my reading list!) The “Mermaids Song” is also one who follows theory that mermaids have genitalia similar to dolphins.
Heather Christensen Playboy Model dons a Thom Shouse
 tail for the Wet n' Wild 2002 edition

So we have had a little fun and we have talked a little Sex Ed and biology, now let’s get right to the KINK!



The kink in this matter is called, Aquaphilia. A Latin word that literally translates to “water lover” the term was first coined in the 1990’s by a man named Phil Bolton. Mr. Bolton is also the man who created "Aquaphiles Journal" - an online magazine for followers of the underwater erotica scene; unfortunately it seems to no longer be around.  Aquaphilia is a term used to describe a form of sexual fetishism which involves images of people swimming or posing underwater and sexual activity in or under water.  Some subsets of this category are underwater glamour, breath holding, underwater fashion (models posing underwater, often while fully clothed), scuba fetishism, rubber (people in skin-tight rubber wetsuits), simulated or fantasy drowning (often incorporating asphyxiation), mermaids, and underwater sex.

The Lovely Trina Mason
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After reading all this I thought to myself, I guess I can relate to that but then I read an interview with Trina Manson for the Huffington Post.
"Some people get off on the breath holds, but for me aquaphilia is something different," she told Broward Palm Beach New Times. "I just feel comfortable being underwater and I sort of like the artistic view of it. I just feel really comfortable underwater." Quoted from Huffington Post

Now, I can really relate to Aquaphilia and I think most of us in the mermaid community can and do relate to most aspects of Aquaphilia! So congrats and welcome to the wonderful world of Kink!

To welcome you to your new found kink, I offer this tasty morsel…

A Mermaid’s Breasts
Written by Lady Astrid on 07/11/2013

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fuck a mermaid?
Don't bother, it’s just not that interesting. In fact, it’s kind of impossible. Let’s face it, we’re shaped like fish down there; we are not designed for normal human sex. Believe me, I wish it were different. You sailors and fishermen might fantasize about capturing one of us in a net and having your way with us, but have you ever truly thought about how it would work? Well, I have.
Because guess what: we mermaids have fantasies too. We wish we could feel a throbbing dick inside us (in case you are wondering, mermen are no help). We wish we could have orgasms like land folk do, but alas, we are fish from the waist down.
But here is our saving grace: we have great boobs! I know not very many of you have ever seen a real mermaid, and the pictures you see of us don't do us justice. Yes, we are all long haired and narrow waisted, our hips round and womanly above our tail. Yes, we are all beautiful. But it is our breasts that make us truly special. Our breasts are spectacular! You usually see us with our hair draped appropriately, modestly, down in front. You don't see our fleshy globes with hard nipples, plump and pink. Gravity holds no court here, so they never sag, but float and bounce in the currents. And sensitive? Oh yes! Just the slightest brush of seaweed can send ripples through my body.
My dream, my fantasy, is to find a man, a real land walker, and meet up with him on the shore some moonlit night. I would first use my hands and mouth on him, get him slick and hard. I can almost taste him now: salty like the sea, with something new, a muskiness known only to land dwellers. When he is good and hard, and begging for release, I will take him between my breasts and let him slide back and forth. I can imagine the pressure as I squeeze my nipples and press him tight between, as the friction grows, we will both sigh with pleasure. And when he cries out and sprays his seed onto my neck, I will massage it into my breasts, enjoying the last few strokes.
Mermaid
John Thompson
http://www.ebsqart.com/Artist/John-Thompson/844/Art-Portfolio/3/
But wait, he is not done yet. In my fantasy, he slides down and begins to suck on my nipples, both are puckered and slippery, his tongue swirls and his teeth nibble, biting gently at first, then harder. His hands move down and caress my belly, and then lower still, along my tail, as he fingers my scales, one by one. In my imagination I can feel my body shudder, muscles and nerves that I didn’t know I had are awakened. I feel warm for the first time as my whole body tenses. The pleasure is almost unbearable, as wave after wave of spasms ripple through my body, starting at the tip of my tail, which curls reflexively, and moves up toward my belly. My scales shiver, my muscles contract, and then joyous release, a tide going out all at once as an orgasm spreads across my entire body. His mouth on my nipples, the flicking of my scales, and the gentle breeze from the air I breathe so rarely creates the perfect storm, and it is then I know true bliss.
It is then that I know that someday, I will break the rules. I will go to shore and sing my song, and a man will come to me and we will lie in the moonlit sand until dawn, and only then will I return to the sea, my secret held tight to my breast. Source: http://peachesmag.com/a-mermaids-breasts/
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Now that I have tempted your mind, you may want to check out two books: “Aqua Erotica” and “Wet” both books are water proof and chalked full of erotic stories centered in and around water.

Original painting by:
Adrian Borda
(I am a big fan of his work!)
Shall we dive a little deeper and see what else waits for us in the oceans of sex, love, and fetish? The shy or faint of heart need not continue! As with any fetish, there are sub categories, like BDSM, Bondage and even Cosplay.
  
 Sunstone Graphic Novel


Cosplayer (source unknown)
 
Underwater Bondage is beautiful and frightening. The levels of trust and security that are in place are outstanding. I cannot begin to explain or imagine it. The photo and quote are from a much longer article that was written by the submissive mermaid in the photo.  

Real-life mermaid fetish! Alix Fox is submissive, 

submerged and entirely dependent on others to stop her from drowning 

as she tries underwater bondage.


“This soak-on-a-rope stunt has been ‘bound’ to happen for almost two years, ever since I had the genie-us idea of asking Esinem (who I’d met through his live bondage performances on the fetish scene): if he could rub a magic lamp, what knot-related dream would he beg the djinn to make a reality?
The keen diver’s wish was to tie a girl up underwater. “First, I’d dress my subject in a mermaid suit, so her legs were held tightly together within the tail of the costume,” he explained. “Next, I’d weight her to the base of a tank of water, and bind her so she couldn't move her limbs. Finally, I’d remove her air supply. Paralysed and 100 per cent reliant on someone else to keep her alive, she’d be the ultimate submissive participating in a pinnacle piece of bondage-themed edge play.”

In a way, we all dabble in bondage. In a mermaid tail our feet and legs are bound, we are helpless on land relying on others for help. Maybe next time you don your tail you will want to take it to the bedroom! One can find lots of fun bondage/restraint garments on Ebay! 
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There is so much information out there; I could keep on writing for days. So consider this blog your introduction to the fetish world, do some research of our own and follow the links under the pictures!

I leave you with this….we are on the fringe of society, we swim a fine line between every day and erotic, we are creatures of sensuality…so embrace it!

    Love, Peace, & Mermaids,
               Meridian 
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Seducing a Mermaid

How does one seduce the seductress?  How do you romance the very figure of sexuality? Any Land folk will tell you it’s not easy, but with a few trinkets and tokens she could be yours!

The easiest way to catch the attentions of a mermaid is to give her something shiny! Shower your mermaid with gifts, love tokens, and treasures from land or sea. Mermaids love the sun; they love to bask in the light and sun bath in the warmth. Give your mermaid a token of gold, something that will catch the light and remind her of the sun’s warmth even when she is deep beneath the ocean’s waters where the sun can no longer reach. Precious gems and metals that sparkle and reflect the light will also please her; honey is will also help you win her heart. Honey holds the warmth and glow of the sun and a mermaid can smell the little scents of life on land and the taste will make her melt. Imbuing her with the happiness and joy of the land people and filling her with a sweet and gooey essence that will put her into a blissful state.
Anyone familiar with mermaids is sure to be familiar with the old images of mermaids combing their long hair and looking dreamily into a mirror. While these images are pretty, they have a more sensual propose then perhaps thought!  According to Skye Alexander, author of Mermaids: The Myths, The Legends, & Lore: “In the Greek language, the word for comb-kteis and pectin-also mean vulva.”  So if you are looking for kinky yet settle way of seducing your mermaid, give her a fancy comb and mirror!

It is also said that gifts of red, gold, yellow or orange are widely adored! These are the first colors of the spectrum to be lost in the depths of water. These bright vibrant colors cannot exist without the sun’s light, so give a mermaid a gift of these colors, so she may carry the colors of passion, desire, and happiness and she will always have those feelings for you.   
    
 Poetry, the universal language of Love, even if you cannot understand the words you can understand the emotion and feelings when read to you by some who does. So read to your mermaid or potential mermaid. Bring a book of poetry to the seashore and let her lay her head in your lap and read to her words of love while the waves lap at her tail. Or better yet read to her the poetry about mermaids or the ocean world, please her with words of affection for her watery home and tantalize her with stories of how beautiful or treacherous the merfolk are. Remember the game of seduction can be won with words alone!

Examples of Mermaid Poetry/Writings:

Excerpt from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (A personal favorite of mine)
OBERON:
My gentle Puck, come hither.
Thou rememberest since
Once I sat upon a promontory,
And heard a mermaid on a dolphin's back
Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath
That the rude sea grew civil at her song,
And certain stars shot madly from their spheres,
To hear the sea-maid's music?

Excerpt from William Shakespeare’s A Comedy of Errors
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE:
O, train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note,
To drown me in thy sister's flood of tears.
Sing, siren, for thyself, and I will dote;
Spread o'er the silver waves thy golden hairs,
And as a bed I'll take them and there lie,
And in that glorious supposition think
He gains by death that hath such means to die;
Let Love, being light, be drowned if she sink!

I would be completely amiss if I do not include Alfred Lloyd Tennyson’s poem, which is probably the most well know of all the poems about mermaids. You are sure to steal the heart of a mermaid if can recite this to her.

The Mermaid

Who would be
A mermaid fair,
Singing alone,
Combing her hair
Under the sea,
In a golden curl
With a comb of pearl,
On a throne?

I would be a mermaid fair;
I would sing to myself the whole of the day;
With a comb of pearl I would comb my hair;
And still as I comb'd I would sing and say,
'Who is it loves me? who loves not me?'
I would comb my hair till my ringlets would fall
Low adown, low adown,
From under my starry sea-bud crown
Low adown and around,
And I should look like a fountain of gold
Springing alone
With a shrill inner sound
Over the throne
In the midst of the hall;
Till that great sea-snake under the sea
From his coiled sleeps in the central deeps
Would slowly trail himself sevenfold
Round the hall where I sate, and look in at the gate
With his large calm eyes for the love of me.
And all the mermen under the sea
Would feel their immortality
Die in their hearts for the love of me.

But at night I would wander away, away,
I would fling on each side my low-flowing locks,
And lightly vault from the throne and play
With the mermen in and out of the rocks;
We would run to and fro, and hide and seek,
On the broad sea-whols in the crimson shells,
Whose silvery spikes are nighest the sea.
But if any came near I would call and shriek,
And a down the steep like a wave I would leap
From the diamond-ledges that jut from the dells;
For I would not be kiss'd by all who would list
Of the bold merry mermen under the sea.
They would sue me, and woo me, and flatter me,
In the purple twilights under the sea;
But the king of them all would carry me,
Woo me, and win me, and marry me,
In the branching jaspers under the sea.
Then all the dry-pied things that be
In the hueless mosses under the sea
Would curl round my silver feet silently,
All looking up for the love of me.
And if I should carol aloud, from aloft
All things that are forked, and horned, and soft
Would lean out from the hollow sphere of the sea,
All looking down for the love of me. 
Mermaid in the sunset By: Marco Busoni

 Romance and continued romance is expected if you are dating a mermaid. Mermaids need to be seduced and romanced all the time; they are creatures of such pleasurable emotions and need to be enveloped in opulent ideals and objects.

Love Rules to follow if you are dating a Mermaid
                             Courtesy of Mermaids: Magic of the Ocean 
                          by: Barbara Jane Zitwer
                
1.       Never betray her; wrath of a mermaid is unfathomable and endless. As beautiful and sweet as her nature can be, so it can be as vindictive and evil. Above all mermaids value faithfulness.
2.       Never eat any food served by a mermaid in her underwater cave; you will never be able to return to land, should you want to.
3.       Never peer at her through a keyhole in the bathroom on a Saturday – it is her day to relax in the tub, and her tail comes out in full bloom.
4.       Buy her new gold or mother-of-pearl mirror for her Birthday.
5.       A new and strong hair brush is sure to make her happy.
6.       Play gospel or church music – it’s music to her ears
7.       Mermaids love to collect seashells – if you give her a beautiful shell, she might grant you a miraculous wish.
8.       Mermaids love to be kissed; they are very romantic
9.       Prepare a wonderful meal of Sushi, oysters on the half shell, lobster and/or other seafood. One way to a mermaid’s heart is through her stomach.
10.   Rub hot coconut oil over her tail – it soothes her scales and will drive her wild with desire!
 
So there you have it, a lover’s guide to seducing a mermaid, so squish up to your cuddle-fish this Valentine’s Day and shower her in an ocean of love!



  Love, Peace, & Mermaids,
 Meridian

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Ancient Erotic Mermaids ( NSFW~ Adult Content)

Mermaids by: Evelyn De Morgan 1885
History tells us that mermaids symbolize beauty, exotic nature, pride, lust, and even demise. The Siren known for her alluring voice and pension for crashing ships into the jagged rocks ahead, Rusalka’s of Russia are dark and dangerous beast. Appearing as beautiful maids when out of the water, but as soon as she sinks below the water her true and hideous features are exposed. In many Greek, Norse, and Roman tales we see images of lovely bare breasted mermaids sunning themselves on the rocks, combing their long hair, and waving to the sailors with their come hither looks.  Some legends state that mermaids evolved from the ancient fertility Goddesses of Pagan societies, the mermaids kept their powers of fertility, sexuality, and rebirth. However, the image of the mermaid was eventually used by the church to symbolize pride and as a reminder to young women to be chaste and to not be wonton as the mermaids.  The sultry mermaid became shameful and the Princess Mermaid was born to a new generation. 
Evolution of the Starbuck's mermaid

We see Starbucks has covered the split tailed mermaid breast and now her tail! A split tail mermaid was often the image used to portray the sexuality of mermaids, the age old question of how do mermaids have sex or reproduce, seems likely to be answered by the split tail or twin tailed mermaids.
Split Tail Merfolk










This reminds me of Djullanar the Sea Girl,
a story from 1001 Nights.
Artist: Arthur Rackham Rhinegold
However, you can find old stories of the erotic nature of mermaids in literature dating back to ancient times. One Thousand and One Nights, feature several stories of “sea people” not necessarily mermaids, these sea people are the same as the land dwelling humans, expect they can breath and live underwater. The sea people often interact and mate with the humans; their offspring will have the same abilities as their sea parent and will often accompany that parent to the underwater community where things like clothing and money do not exist.

In 1814 a book of Shunga Art (Japanese Erotic Art) was published by an artist named Tako to ama. The book of course was a huge success and very rare to find these days, but the most famous of all the prints was The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife. While not necessarily mermaid erotica, I feel it is still worth mentioning in this blog!  A translation of the handwritten text behind the image is below for your reading enjoyment!
The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife

LARGE OCTOPUS: My wish comes true at last, this day of days; finally I have you in my grasp! Your "bobo" is ripe and full, how wonderful! Superior to all others! To suck and suck and suck some more. After we do it masterfully, I'll guide you to the Dragon Palace of the Sea God and envelop you. "Zuu sufu sufu chyu chyu chyu tsu zuu fufufuuu..."
MAIDEN: You hateful octopus! Your sucking at the mouth of my womb makes me gasp for breath! Aah! yes... it's...there!!! With the sucker, the sucker!! Inside, squiggle, squiggle, oooh! Oooh, good, oooh good! There, there! Theeeeere! Goood! Whew! Aah! Good, good, aaaaaaaaaah! Not yet! Until now it was I that men called an octopus! An octopus! Ooh! Whew! How are you able...!? Ooh! "yoyoyooh, saa... hicha hicha gucha gucha, yuchyuu chyu guzu guzu suu suuu...."
LARGE OCTOPUS: All eight limbs to intertwine with!! How do you like it this way? Ah, look! The inside has swollen, moistened by the warm waters of lust. "Nura nura doku doku doku..."
MAIDEN: Yes, it tingles now; soon there will be no sensation at all left in my hips. Ooooooh! Boundaries and borders gone! I've vanished....!!!!!!
SMALL OCTOPUS: After daddy finishes, I too want to rub and rub my suckers at the ridge of your furry place until you disappear and then I'll suck some more. "chyu chyu.."
*Translation curtseys of the British Museum’s Shunga Exhibit

This piece of work has been credited with leading the Tentacle Erotica movement which became common in the late 20th century. Interesting to note, the word Hentai often used to describe tentacle erotica/porn is a misuse of the word. Hentai is a shortened version of the Japanese word hentai seiyoku which simply means a “perverse sexual desire” and can be applied to many situations.

Another key contributor to the field of Erotic Art was Thomas Rowlandson. He was an 18th Century artist and caricaturist who had a taste for the unchaste, immoral, and seedy side of life. In 1798 he inherited a large sum of money and subsequently spent it all on prostitutes, gambling, drinking, and all the supplies needed to fuel his lustful paintings. Subsequently he was a drunk, penniless man within a year. While Thomas Rowlandson’s art is well known and well praised and much of can still be seen on display (alongside the naughty paintings!) in the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum.  A series of erotic paintings rumored to have been commissioned by King George IV while he was serving as Princess Regent to England is what interests me! England was known for her Navy and therefor many of the paintings had an aquatic theme to them that would appeal to any young seaman. One particular painting that caught my eye in this collection is…. 


I have had a hard time tracking down the specifics of this painting, but I felt the need to add it!
Until next time I leave you with this painting and the thoughts of next week’s blog…”Seducing a Mermaid” A fun and sex guide to pampering the mermaid or merman in your life!

Love, Peace, & Mermaids,
 Meridian

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