Download or read book The Fish Prince and Other Stories written by Jane Yolen and published by Interlink Books. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rich in cultural significance, each title in this bestselling series includes a collection of 20 to 30 tales together with an introduction and a historical overview that give the reader compelling insights into the culture, the folk literature, and the lives of the people in the region.Mermen? Yes. Long before mermaids emerged to people our inner seas, long before they established their restless, inviting niche in human fantasy, there was the merman. Born of the human need to dominate the great fruitful oceans, to control the vast destructive seas, to regulate the healing rains, to understand the tides, the merman emerged.