In Hans Christian’s Andersen’s fairy tale, the little mermaid rescues a handsome Prince from a shipwreck during a storm. Captivated by the human world, she journeys to the sea witch and trades her tongue for a pair of human legs. She must make the handsome Prince fall in love with her and marry her in order to obtain an immortal human soul – but the Prince marries a beautiful Princess instead. The mermaid is told she can kill the Prince to get her fish tail back, but she cannot bring herself to do it. Heartbroken, she dives into the sea and disintegrates into foam, but then rises into an ethereal realm, destined for Heaven.
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