Mermaid Sculpture - St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire, Wales. - Outside Wooden Display Carvings on Waymarking.com

This legendary aquatic creature, known locally as 'Peregrine's Mermaid' commemorates the re-unification of St Dogmaels (Welsh - Llandudoch) within Pembrokeshire on 1st April 2003

The lifesize Mermaid is carved from wood, & posed sitting on a tree stump looking out on the Afon Teifi estuary, located at the trailhead of the 186 Mile Pembrokeshire Coast Path & National Trail. According to Lonely Planet "One of the best long distance trails in the World."

"A mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish.[1] Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Africa and Asia. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria, in which the goddess Atargatis transformed herself into a mermaid out of shame for accidentally killing her human lover. Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks and drownings. In other folk traditions (or sometimes within the same tradition), they can be benevolent or beneficent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans." Text Source: (visit link)

Type of wood carving: Chainsaw, grinder, chisel & carving tools Artist's Name: unknown Approximate size/height: Lifesize Type of wood: unknown Other type: Not listed

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