A Watery Folktale in the Alexander Romance : Alexander's Byzantine Neraïda

Brad L. Cook

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Byzantine Studies and History Classical Antiquity Studies Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies

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Alexander's mermaid, famous in Greek folktale, makes a brief but extraordinary appearance in the Alexander Romance . This analysis of her presence in a small set of Romance manuscripts reveals the unique work of a Byzantine redactor and his creative effort to merge this oral folktale into the fantastic portion of the literary Romance . The mermaid, however, proves to be absent from subsequent versions of the Romance , a result of her incompatibility with the textual Romance .

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