![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Although she is able to give the Little Mermaid legs, the Sea Witch tells her that she can only gain an immortal soul if she wins the prince's true love. Her love for the prince, in addition to her desire to live on after death by becoming human and acquiring an immortal soul, lead the Little Mermaid to seek help from the Sea Witch. The protagonist of the story is a mermaid princess, the youngest daughter of the ruler of the seas, who falls in love with a human prince. It was first published in 1837 in the first volume of Andersen's Fairy Tales Told to Children, which also contained " The Tinderbox", " The Princess and the Pea", " The Emperor's New Clothes" and " Thumbelina". "The Little Mermaid" (Danish: "Den lille Havfrue") is a romantic fantasy story for children by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The Little Mermaid as depicted by William Heath Robinson in an illustration from a 1913 British edition of Andersen's fairy tales. ![]()
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