The Little Melusine

This episode of the Let’s be friends podcast uncovers the original stories behind The Little Mermaid, who we all know as Ariel, who actually stems from another mysterious goddess from under the sea named Melusine. Join me as I take a closer look behind the 1990s animated version of this story, also the 2023 remake, original Hans Christian Anderson’s story The Little Mermaid and Undine, the fantasy book he based the famous tale off. I decode the symbolism behind the main characters in ...