E05 · Hans Christian Andersen

The Little Mermaid — Part 1

She saves the prince. He never sees who brought him ashore.

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The Little Mermaid — Part 1 — Dark Fairytales

Scheduled · Nov 27, 2026

A young mermaid longs for the human world and an immortal soul. Part 1 follows her from the underwater kingdom to her decision to seek the sea witch.

Scheduled for Nov 27, 2026. New tales every Friday: video at 4:00 PM ET, podcast at 9:00 PM ET.

The recording will appear here when it is publicly available.

Text & translation

Stories from Hans Andersen, illustrated by Edmund Dulac (Project Gutenberg #17860). Based on the public domain edition, with light language edits. Read the source edition ↗