I've seen only a few pictures, but all of them look like she has legs, not a fin!. So what's with that!? Can someone tell me please!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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Position:Home>Visual Arts> Does the little mermaid statue in Copenhagen have legs or a fin?Question: Does the little mermaid statue in Copenhagen have legs or a fin!? I've seen only a few pictures, but all of them look like she has legs, not a fin!. So what's with that!? Can someone tell me please!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: well at the top it looks like legs, but then it looks like a fin at the bottom!.!. http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/yvonne_denm!.!.!. http://www!.flickr!.com/photos/kevin_knoll!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Surely a fin, she is a mermaid after allWww@QuestionHome@Com I'm pretty sure it's a tail!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Looks like legs, until down where the feet should be, it turns to a fin!.Www@QuestionHome@Com She has part legs, part fish tail!.!.!.!.!.its a duality that represents the duality of her nature!. The sculpture depicts her sitting, looking out over the water, after never actually having married the prince, reminiscing over her lost childhood in the sea, as a mermaid!.Www@QuestionHome@Com She has part legs, part fish tail, although the story by Hans Christian Andersen clearly defines when she has a fish tail and when she has legs!. The hybrid leg/tail arrangement was probably done to make it easier to figure out who she is, if you don't know the statue in advance!.Www@QuestionHome@Com You don't need to ask this question on Answers, you should look it up on Google Images!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |