Mermaids in Trafalgar Square - London, England, UK
Posted by: Metro2
N 51° 30.477 W 000° 07.709
30U E 699266 N 5710223
The two fountains in Trafalgar Square feature mermaids and mermen.
Waymark Code: WMJYA7
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/15/2014
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The two large fountains in Trafalgar Square are memorials to Lord Jellicoe (western side) and Lord Beatty (eastern side). One features a sculpture with a mermaid swimming with a child merman (or merboy?) with dolphins and fish...maybe one is a small whale. The other fountain (which is already Waymarked at (
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The artist is William McMillan.
Mermaids have a wide representation in myth and folklore...with the first known mentions in ancient Syria around 1000 BC. See the Wikipedia article on mermaids at (
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