{"id":38313,"date":"2018-12-27T15:38:27","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T13:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/?p=38313"},"modified":"2021-08-19T13:49:35","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T10:49:35","slug":"mermaids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/en\/mermaids\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted Off the Shores of the Holy Land: The Little Mermaid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/he_IL\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v3.1&#038;appId=1786539528049428&#038;autoLogAppEvents=1';\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When examining ancient maps of different kinds, a recurring theme will often catch the eye.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As oceans and seas naturally occupy large, expansive areas of maps, we find that illustrators tend to fill these spaces with interesting drawings of a rather imaginative nature. Sea monsters are a popular theme, as are ships. But, another exotic sea creature of a different sort is often the subject of these oceanic map illustrations &#8211; mermaids.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mermaids feature in a number of ancient maps preserved in the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.nli.org.il\/sites\/nlis\/en\/maps\/pages\/default.aspx\">Eran Laor Cartographic Collection<\/a> at the National Library of Israel. On Sebastian M\u00fcnster\u2019s 1572 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/maps\/NNL_MAPS_JER002489520\/NLI_MAPS_JER?_ga=2.246125319.225134505.1545810734-452821276.1534151445#$FL32702727\">map<\/a> of the Asian continent, you can spot a mermaid with a sloping fin-tail splashing in the waters south of Indonesia, not far from a fairly ordinary looking sea monster.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/maps\/NNL_MAPS_JER002489520\/NLI_MAPS_JER?_ga=2.44089255.225134505.1545810734-452821276.1534151445#$FL32702727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35010\" title=\"Click to view the full map\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1.png\" alt=\"1\" width=\"500\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1.png 1058w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1-970x539.png 970w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/maps\/NNL_MAPS_JER002489520\/NLI_MAPS_JER?_ga=2.44089255.225134505.1545810734-452821276.1534151445#$FL32702727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35012\" title=\"Click to view the full map\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2.png\" alt=\"2\" width=\"500\" height=\"161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2.png 1248w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2-768x248.png 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2-970x313.png 970w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/maps\/NNL_MAPS_JER002489481\/NLI_MAPS_JER?_ga=2.216781589.225134505.1545810734-452821276.1534151445#$FL32702699\">map of the Arabian Peninsula<\/a>\u00a0created by Ptolemy\u00a0and printed in Basel in 1545, we can see a mermaid swimming in the Gulf of Aden. She is depicted with a crown-like braid, a style popular with high-born maidens of the Renaissance-era, and she has wings or fins instead of arms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/maps\/NNL_MAPS_JER002489481\/NLI_MAPS_JER?_ga=2.141679409.225134505.1545810734-452821276.1534151445#$FL32702699\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35046 size-full\" title=\"Click to view the full map\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2489481_500.jpg\" alt=\"\u05d1\u05ea \u05d4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc \u05d4\u05de\u05e4\u05d4\" width=\"500\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2489481_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2489481_500-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even in the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/maps\/NNL_MAPS_JER002368409\/NLI_MAPS_JER?_ga=2.39432224.225134505.1545810734-452821276.1534151445#$FL7074006\">B\u00fcnting Clover Leaf Map<\/a>, which depicts Jerusalem as the center of the world, we can see a mermaid bathing in the eastern oceans as a merman gazes at her with keen interest.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/maps\/NNL_MAPS_JER002368409\/NLI_MAPS_JER?_ga=2.141679409.225134505.1545810734-452821276.1534151445#$FL7074006\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35016\" title=\"Click to view the full map\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4.png\" alt=\"4\" width=\"500\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4.png 669w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4-285x300.png 285w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4-571x600.png 571w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indeed, here at the National Library of Israel, we need not look far to find these aquatic creatures \u2013 In 1722 Edward Wells created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/he\/maps\/NNL_MAPS_JER002369151\/NLI_MAPS_JER?_ga=2.141226929.225134505.1545810734-452821276.1534151445#$FL7071829\">map<\/a> which displayed how the land of Canaan was divided up among the twelve tribes of Israel. Here as well, you can see a mermaid leaning against the frame of the title, her infant mer-child clinging on to her. This touching scene takes place right off the coast of the city of Acre (Akko).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nli.org.il\/en\/maps\/NNL_MAPS_JER002369151\/NLI_MAPS_JER?_ga=2.246660871.225134505.1545810734-452821276.1534151445#$FL7071829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35018\" title=\"Click to view the full map\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.nli.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5.png\" alt=\"5\" width=\"500\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5.png 1086w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/blognli2026.moonsite.co.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-970x500.png 970w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It seems these aquatic creatures could be found all over the world, so long as those spotting them used a little bit of imagination!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mermaids, sea monsters and all sorts of fantastic creatures were a common feature of ancient maps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":35049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[217,1768],"tags":[1806],"tags2":[],"class_list":["post-38313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-land-of-israel","category-meragesh-en","tag-maps"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Spotted Off the Shores of the Holy Land: The Little Mermaid<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mermaids, sea monsters and all sorts of fantastic creatures were a common feature of ancient maps\" \/>\n<meta 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