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THE LITTLE MERMAID
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I have been a fan of the story of
The Little Mermaid
since my mother made me read the book.
I have read it many times over the years and I rediscover the novel each and every time I do.
When Walt Disney Productions announced that they were going to make it into an animated movie, I was a bit disturbed.
However, I packed the kids into the car and we went the second day that it was released.
And was I surprised!
I thoroughly enjoyed the movie!
The movie was loosely based on the novel by
Hans Christian Anderson.
Ariel is the youngest of seven sisters:
Aquata, Andrina, Arista, Attina, Adella, Alana and Ariel.
I did read in a Disney magazine that Ariel's sisters names were chosen for a variety of reasons...
Aquata - Obviously related to water and traced though Latin.
Arista - Related to the roots for the word family containing aristocracy, aristocrat, etc. Conferring meaning of a noble or high birth.
Adele - Related to root words for "Noble".
Alana - Alan (Menken) with an "a".
Attina - Borrowed from Alan Menken's rock opera "Atina, Evil Queen of the Galaxy."
Andrina - Related to the meaning "sword."
Ariel - the name of the sprite (spirit) in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and means "lioness of God" in Hebrew.
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