The Mermaid of Zennor

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Mathew is stealing god’s show and St Senara’s was becoming more concert hall than earnest, Protestant house of worship.

Kingshill and Westwood suppose that the bench itself inspired the legend, rather than the other way around, as the villagers related. A local squire's son named Matthew Trewhella was a member of the church choir and was known for his pure singing voice. It’s hard not to be captivated by your surroundings at Zennor, especially when the mystical feeling that abounds here is accentuated by Cornish folk tales and myths.Neither he nor the mermaid has ever been since, but in Zennor church now is a bench end carved to show what she looked like: long flowing hair, a sea-siren’s face, and a curved scaly tail.

Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behaviour or unique IDs on this site. She had long, blonde hair and wore beautiful clothes, much nicer than all the people of the village. It is thought to stand on a site of significance; a cell, founded by the 6th Century Saint Senara, whose name has altered over the centuries to become Zennor. Soon after, a mermaid appeared, and asked that the anchor be raised, as one of its flukes was resting on her door, and she was unable to reach her children. Hundreds of years ago a very beautiful and richly attired lady attended service in Zennor Church occasionally now and then she went to Morvah also; her visits were by no means regular, often long intervals would elapse between them.If it gets foggy, you might end up joining her… THE END The carving of the mermaid (Caitrina Nicholson CC BY-SA 2. Causley's prose is beautifully spare and unsentimental, and the illustrations glow with lyrical detail.

His stories were longer than similar versions published by others and reflected the way the old story tellers embellished the basic tales to increase the entertainment value. I love stories about mermaids anyway, but it was really the title which got me to pick up The Merrymaid of Zennor.I know I’ve said before that I don’t really use social media much, but I have been using Instagram more recently.

Either way, it’s fitting that the legend of a mermaid has grown from a church which was supposedly founded by a woman who emerged from the sea.Quite where the legend has sprung from is unclear, but apparently Zennor's church has a pew - believed to be 600+ years old - carved like a mermaid, supposedly because of the events detailed in this book. On the other hand, possibly there is a grain of truth in the legend, a real life disappearance of a local fellow later "explained" by another odd event. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. Initially, she didn’t dare get any closer than the rocks at Pendour Cove near the village, but as the week’s went on she grew bolder and finally became so brave she dressed as a noblewoman and attended a church service.