If you were expecting the movie as inspiration I have to
disappoint you. This about the original fairy tale which to me is very
interesting and inspiring. I find the mermaid's motivations so powerful
and touching that it almost always makes me cry a bit.
Our story begins under the sea in the kingdom of merfolk where
these longlived beings play and swim and so on. The king has six
daugthers who are taken care by his mother as the king has widowed many
years ago.
The youngest of them is strange, thoughtful child yearning to
see the wonders beyond the come her fifteenth year. For when a mermaid
turns fifteen she is allowed to go up to see the fragrant flowers, birds
and even humans. And after a long wait it's finally her turn.
To adorn her to her trip to the surface her dear grandmother puts a
wreath of white lilies on her head (each petal is a half of pearl) and
orders eight great oysters to attach themselves to the young princesses
tail as a mark of her high rank.
To show these of on a lolita coordinate I chose a dress that reminds me of the sea. Of course a flower crown was a must to harken the crown in the story. Other than that I added shell themed accessories and pearls to show of her status as a princess of the sea.
During her first visit to the surface she
sees a handsome prince having party aboard a ship. She can not take her
eyes of him nor she can leave the ship. And then a shipwreck accures. The
prince is thrown to te ocean and the mermaid admiring his beauty saves
him carrying him to white sanded shore where he is found by novises of a
convent. The mermaid of course swims back to the ocean still unable to
forget making her more silent than ever.
Her sisters worried about her condition which is worsening
find out where the prince lives and take her to see him. This only
makes it worse as she begins to love humans more and more. Finally her
curiosity about them wins and she goes to her grandmother asking:
"Can humans live forever?"
"They must die as we
do, but their lives a shorter. We live to three hundred years and then
turn into the foam on the surface of the sea never missing our loved ones.
We have not immortal souls like humans do.When a human dies they go to
the glorious air beyond the stars to a place we will never see."
The little mermaid is distraught. Why could she not have an
immortal soul? She'd rather give up her hundreds of years and live a day
as human just to know what's beyond the stars. But the only way she can
have a soul is if a man loves her more than his mother or father and
takes her hand in marriage giving her half his soul. But this can never
be, says the grand mother as she is a mermaid.
And she goes to the witch. She gets a potion to make her a
human but it comes with great pain. Every step she takes is filled with
pain which no one will she as she moves with the lightness of a dancer.
And if the prince should not love her and take another as his wife, the
mermaids heart shall break and she will turn into sea foam. As payment
the witch takes her voice, as it is the sweetest in the sea.
And so she becomes a human. Prince finds her and takes her to his palace where she is clad in silk and satin.
I chose dark red velvet as it is a royal colour and added a jeweled headband as reminder of tiara she craves to wear as his bride.
She is the most graceful of the prince's companions soon becoming most
dear to him. But he cannot love her as a maiden from the temple lives in
his heart. And soon he must marry.
A princess of the
neighbouring kingdom is chosen and so he sails taking the mermaid with
him. But alas the princess is the maiden from the temple! The prince is
overjoyed but the mermaids heart is already breaking. The wedding goes
on the mermaid holding the brides veil as they swear their oaths. She
dances pain piercing her feet again and again but she cares not for the
pain in her heart is greater.
That night her sisters, their hair shaved of come and
offer her a knife enchanted by the sea witch. Should she kill the
prince, she could return to the sea as a mermaid. If not she will be
foam on the surface of the water. But she can not.
She flungs herself to the sea fully expecting to turn
into foam. But her kindness is rewarded and a chance to win a soul is
given.She is now a daughter of the air and as one has the chance to earn
a soul by doing good deeds.
For a daugther of air I chose a dress with a star print as they hope to find their way to the kingdom beyond stars. She wears a winged necklace as symbol of the soul she is trying to get and a crown to tell about her divine devotion.
For three hundred years she will do good deeds and then the kingdom beyond stars will be open for her.
So
this was... different. Do you dear readers like this style or was this
way too long? Please share in the comments and do tell if this fairytale
inspires you as well.
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