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Tag Archives: mermaids
Sea Changes with Molly the Merrow: Latest news
A few words on how the Sea Changes conference planning is progressing. First, let me introduce you to Molly the Merrow, from the waters off the coast of Ireland. Female merrows, as you can see, are very beautiful; sadly, merrow-men … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: Sea Changes
Tagged Fairy tales, Folklore, gender, Hybridity, mermaids, merrows, ningyo, postcolonialism, selkies, sirens
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Gramarye: Rats and vampires, dark fairies, mermaid, and more magic
The latest issue of Gramarye, the journal of the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction is now out. This journal is always beautifully designed, and the current issue features articles by Sam and myself, from OGOM. Sam’s … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, Publications
Tagged Dracula, enchantment, fairies, Folklore, Gothic fairies, mermaids, nosferatu, paramormal romance, PiedPiper, rats, Vampires
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Sea Changes – Mermaid Conference Update
Due to the wonderful response to our CFP for Sea Changes: The fairy tale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river the conference will now take place over three days rather than two from 6-8 September … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Events, OGOM: Sea Changes
Tagged mermaids, OGOM, Sea Changes, selkies
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CFP OGOM Conference 2025: Sea changes
Sea changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river Venue: The British Library, London, UK (and online) Date: 5–6 September 2025 (6th on line) Fabulous, enchanted beings, hybridly human and other, populate the expanses … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), OGOM: Sea Changes
Tagged art, Blue Humanities, CFP, enchantment, fairytale, Genre, Gothic, Hybridity, mermaids, ningyo, Paranormal romance, selkies, sexuality, sirens
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Review: Lowry Charles Wimberley, Folklore in the English and Scottish Ballads
This book is a fascinating read in its own right but it is also an invaluable source for my research into fairy literature that I have been pursuing along with Sam as part of the OGOM Project. This is a … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged ballads, ethnology, fairies, Folklore, Ghosts, mermaids, Otherworld, paganism, Werewolves, witches
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Congratulations Daisy
Congratulations to OGOM’s Daisy Butcher who has submitted her PhD thesis today: ‘Monsters of (In)fertility: The Plant-Woman and the Female Mummy in Victorian Gothic Literature’. Daisy has been a joy to supervise & a huge asset to OGOM. She has … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged botanical Gothic, Daisy Butcher, Evil Roots, Female mummies, Feminism, mermaids, selkies
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Jane Gill: A Trip to Marsh’s Library and University College Dublin
Jane Gill is a Doctoral Student at the University of Hertfordshire and an OGOM Member In the depths of winter, I embarked on a journey to Dublin with two main objectives: to visit Marsh’s Library and to present my first … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged archives, fairies, fungal Gothic, Irish folklore, Jane Gill, Lady Jane Wilde, Marsh's Library, mermaids, W. B. Yeats, William Hope Hodgson
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CONFERENCE: Bodies of Water: Mermaids, Selkies, and other Marine and Freshwater Hybrids
Exciting announcement claxon! We’re beyond excited to reveal that the next OGOM conference will be a collaboration with the Haunted Shores network called ‘Bodies of Water: Mermaids, Selkies, and other Marine and Freshwater Hybrids’. We are keen to explore the … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Conferences, OGOM News
Tagged Fairy tales, Gothic, Hybridity, mermaids, selkies
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The Little Mermaid and exclusion
OGOM and the appeal of the mermaid Mermaids (and other fabulous marine creatures such as sirens and selkies) have long been favourite topics with us at OGOM. Three’s something appealing about their ambiguous positioning between human and animal, aquatic and … Continue reading