Mermaid in Copenhagen

[Marijn]

I'm trying to remember the name for the mermaid statue in Copenhagen. I looked in Wikipedia and the name I'm trying to think of is not "Little Mermaid" or the Danish translation of that. Any help appreciated

[standian]

are you thinking of Lorelei ,notafish, ?

[Marijn]

no, but thanks for answering anyway

[Marijn]

Thanks Red Helen but it's not that either. It's not Ariel either.

[boxtops]

Den lille havfrue in Danish

[Postdog]

what you on about? it's called the little mermaid. just googled and it was the first thing

[jno]

she doesn't seem to have a name in the story and I've not heard of the statue having one. Disney gave her the name Ariel

http://hca.gilead.org.il/li_merma.html

[venator]

The statue is really very small - tourists are often disappointed, but the clue's in the name!!

[Marijn]

Yes, I know it's called The Little Mermaid and I know the Danish translation etc. But there is another name for it that I'm trying to think of (maybe it's what the locals call it), but I know I've heard it called something else. Thanks for all your help, especially to jno for the story.

[Marijn]

And especially thank you Red Helen too, for taking the trouble to ask your SIL, much appreciated. If I try to put it out of my mind now, the answer will probably come to me.

[albaqwerty]

She is The Little Mermaid

[Marijn]

Maybe it was just the people I was with in Copenhagen that called it the name I can't remember, so maybe I should give my brain a rest and forget about it. :-)

[woofgang]

it might be a pet name...some statues get local nicknames.

[albaqwerty]

There's a statue in Glasgow called Cone-head.

Politcal leaders are respected :)

[tara20]

As far as I know the statue was inspired by the story by Hans Christian Andersen, who, in turn, based his figure on Undine, the water spirit.
But I believe the statue itself, doesn't have a name.

[Marijn]

Postdog you wouldn't have got confused had you read the question fully. I was not saying that it wasn't called the Little Mermaid. I was saying that wasn't the name I was trying to think of. Thank you everybody for your answers.