Hans Christian Anderson: The Little Mermaid. Panorama stone hand-painted on a free-standing natural stone.

Natural stones/river stones lovingly hand-painted and sealed with clear varnish. Therefore also washable.
Ideal as a gift, for window decoration, as a lucky charm or simply for your own use.

The third fairy tale motif is finished. The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Anderson.

Just have a look at the website: www.dark-fantastic-stones.de, under "New's". Here I will keep you up to date with what is coming out soon and what is in the works.

Panorama stone hand-painted on a free-standing natural stone/river stone is immortalized with the dimensions of:

Height: approx. 135 mm
Width: approx. 100 mm
Base: approx. 40 mm

The stone weighs about 820 g

Since natural stones have different surfaces, sometimes smooth, sometimes a little rougher, there can of course be different
Results after painting. That's why they are natural stones.

Something about sustainability:
For packaging, I try to use materials that I have already used, such as bubble wrap, etc.
The boxes have usually been used several times, so they may not look so nice on the outside anymore.
But that's just like with people. It's what's inside that counts, not what's on the outside.

The Little Mermaid:

Once upon a time there was a sea king who lived with his mother and six daughters at the bottom of the deep sea. When the princesses turned 15, they were allowed to go to the surface of the sea for the first time.

When the youngest of the sisters first surfaced, she heard music coming from a boat. A young prince was celebrating his 16th birthday there. While she was listening to the music, a storm came up. The boat capsized and the little mermaid tried to save the prince. She knew that people cannot survive underwater. She brought the prince to the beach and waited until he was found.

For many days after the accident, the handsome prince was still on her mind. The mermaid's grandmother told her that humans had immortal souls. Unlike members of the merfolk. They lived much longer than humans, but after their death they dissolved into foam. However, if a human fell in love with a sea creature and married him, then, according to the grandmother, the sea creature's soul would also become immortal.

Because the mermaid could only think of the prince, she set off to see the sea witch. The witch promised her a drink that would turn her fins into human legs. But, according to the sea witch, there would be one restriction: the mermaid would feel pain with every step. She would also die if the prince married another woman. At the first ray of sunlight on the morning after the wedding, she would dissolve into foam.

The little mermaid decided to drink the potion anyway. As payment, she had to give up her voice. The witch cut out her tongue.

The little mermaid immediately set off for the prince's castle. She drank the potion and her fin turned into legs. When the prince found her, he asked her where she came from. Because the mermaid had given her voice to the witch, she could not answer. So the prince took her to his castle and gave her expensive clothes. But although the prince liked her very much, he wanted to marry another woman.

The evening after the wedding, the little mermaid received a visit from her sisters. They had come to the surface of the water to help her. In exchange for her hair, they had received a knife from the sea witch. The little mermaid was supposed to use it to stab the prince in the heart so that her legs would turn back into fins. Then the little mermaid would not have to die.

The mermaid took the knife and went to the prince's bed. However, she could not kill him and jumped back into the sea. Contrary to what the sea witch had predicted, she did not die. She dissolved into foam and turned into an air spirit. The mermaid had become immortal because she had done a good deed.