I-mermaid encane (isithombe)

I-mermaid encane iyisithombe sethusi sika-Edvard Eriksen, esibonisa i-mermaid iba ngumuntu. Lesi sithombe siboniswe edwaleni eceleni kwamanzi endaweni yokuhamba yaseLangelinie eCopenhagen, eDenmark.

Ngokusekelwe endabeni yenganekwane yango-1837 enegama elifanayo yombhali waseDenmark uHans Christian Andersen, lesi sithombe esincane nesingenasici siyisithonjana saseCopenhagen futhi besilokhu siyindawo enkulu yokuheha izivakashi selokhu savezwa ngo-1913. Emashumini eminyaka amuva nje siye saba yisisulu esithandwayo sokungcoliswa ngabantu abacekela phansi kanye nezishoshovu zezombusazwe.