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The Mermaid of Zennor, by John Reinhard Weguelin (1900) The Mermaid of Zennor (Cornish: An Vorvoren a Senar) is a Cornish folk tale which originates in the village of Zennor. The legend tells the story of a mysterious woman who occasionally attended the parish church of Zennor; a young man followed her home one day, and neither were seen again.
A ship bound for Penzance, and captained by a man who knew Zennor well, came by one day and anchored off Pendower Cove; she put out a boat to get some water from the shore. Soon a woman’s voice was heard calling urgently, “Ship! Ship ahoy!” and the watch, looking overboard, saw a mermaid with green eyes and tawny-gold hair swimming beside ...
Nov 22, 2020 · The Mermaid of Zennor story centres on St Senara’s Church in the village, which is worth a visit in its own right. Senara is thought to have been a Breton princess named Asenora, a devout ...
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The Real Matthew Trewhella. An interesting twist to the legend of the Mermaid of Zennor is that her love, Matthew Trewhella, may actually have existed. In the story Matthew was a churchwarden’s son, who sang at Zennor church. Apparently he disappeared one day with a strange and ageless woman. Never to be seen again.
Feb 10, 2021 · By Cate Crafter. The Mermaid of Zennor is a popular Cornish Folk Tale that has captured the hearts of many over the years, including artists, poets and musicians. William Bottrell first recorded the legend in the 1873 text Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall. According to the Folk Tale, a beautiful and elegant woman would ...
Feb 18, 2020 · The Mermaid of Zennor. Along the Atlantic Coast of Cornwall, a few miles west of St Ives, sits the small village named “Zennor.”. The village is home to 196 residents, a small pub, a few guest houses, and a church. Although the church itself is of Norman origins, it is said to stand on the site of a Celtic church dating back to the 6th ...
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Jan 12, 2022 · The small village of Zennor huddles around the medieval churc hbetween the West Cornwall moors and North Cornish coast not far from St Ives. In that church carved on the end of one of the wooden is a strange figure of a mermaid. Depicted with long flowing hair, holding a mirror in one hand and a comb in the other is the Mermaid of Zennor. Mermaid of Zennor chair - Zennor Church Legend has it ...
