And in additional media, Disney lists down the official ages and birth order of the princesses. Attina is the eldest at 21, followed by Alana at 20, Adella at 19, Aquata at 18, Arista at 17, Andrina at 16, and Ariel at 15.
Disney's The Little Mermaid has made the name Ariel synonymous with the red-haired mermaid in the film, as well as other iconic characters such as Sebastian (Samuel E. Wright) and King Triton (Kenneth Mars). In the book, Ariel is simply known as the 'little mermaid', described as the youngest of six daughters.
Carroll was best known for her career-defining voice role as Ursula, the villainous sea witch in Disney's 1989 animation, The Little Mermaid.
Ariel - while it doesn't actually have a water meaning, it is arguably the most famous mermaid of all. Meaning “lion of God” in Hebrew. You can also use the alternate more feminine spelling Arielle. Asherah - meaning “she who walks in the sea,” this is the name of a goddess of motherhood and fertility.
One of the earliest mermaid legends appeared in Syria around 1000 BC when the goddess Atargatis dove into a lake to take the form of a fish. As the gods there would not allow her to give up her great beauty, only her bottom half became a fish, and she kept her top half in human form.
In Disney's 1989 animated The Little Mermaid starring Jodi Benson, King Triton and Queen Athena had seven daughters with names all starting with the letter A. The sisters' names are Attina, Alana, Adella, Aquata, Arista, Andrina and, the youngest and protagonist of the story, Ariel.
Ursula debuted in the 1989 adaptation of The Little Mermaid (where she is voiced by Pat Carroll), as a sea witch who is scheming to take advantage of the ambitions of King Triton's youngest daughter Princess Ariel in order to usurp the throne and turning merpeople into seaweed for her garden.
Sirens are like evil mermaids. They come in different forms depending on the interpretation, but generally sirens are depicted in the form of a mermaid. Sirens are known for singing enchanting songs to lure sailors to their death. Mermaids are generally good natured.
Ariel is a fictional character in the Walt Disney Pictures 28th animated feature film The Little Mermaid (1989). Ariel is voiced by Jodi Benson in all official animated appearances.
Mulan, Pocahontas, and Tiana keep their own last names. Belle, Jasmine, Rapunzel, Merida, Anna, and Elsa all currently do not have last names.
You may have noticed in the Daughters of Triton song that each of them has a name starting with the letter “A.” They are Ariel, Atina, Alana, Adella, Aquata, Arista, Andrina. However, in the new movie, the names are getting a bit of a makeover. The new sisters are: Caspia, Indira, Perla, Karina, Mala, and Tamika.
Once again, assuming mermaids reproduce the way fish do, mermaid babies would be born by hatching from eggs. Though it is possible for mermaids to get pregnant and give live birth like dolphins.
Snow White is only 14 years old, making her the youngest. Jasmine, who is supposed to be 15, is the second youngest. Cinderella and Tiana are the oldest, both 19 years old.
Often depicted as a queenly mermaid, Yemaya is considered the Ocean Mother Goddess in Santería, an Afro-Caribbean religion practiced around the world. With anchored roots in the Yoruba religion, Yemaya was brought over to the New World by enslaved Africans as early as the 16th century.
Disney's live-action version of the 1989 animated classic 'The Little Mermaid' hits theaters on Friday. This highly-anticipated film is also marking a moment in Disney history with Halle Bailey as the first Black Ariel.
No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found.
Mermaids — those half-human, half-fish sirens of the sea — are legendary sea creatures chronicled in maritime cultures since time immemorial. The ancient Greek epic poet Homer wrote of them in The Odyssey.
Perhaps the most famous mermaid right now is Ariel, the star of Disney's animated version of "The Little Mermaid," by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen.
Some merfolk like to use their birth name, but there are plenty of options available to you. Some choose a name that pertains to water, like water in another language or names of rivers and lakes. Others choose a name that is special to them, even if it has nothing to do with mermaids or the water.
There's long since been a fan theory that Ariel and her sisters represent bodies of water from each of the Seven Seas. While the sisters mostly stay in their palace, it makes more sense to have them frequently travel to, if not live in, the oceans they represent.
Attina: orange, Alana: violet, Aquata: blue, Arista: red, Adella: yellow, Andrina: indigo, and Ariel: green.