ÎNSUFLEŢIREA STATUILOR - DE LA MITUL LUI PYGMALION LA BASMUL MICA SIRENĂ
THE ANIMATION OF THE STATUE - FROM THE MYTH OF PYGMALION TO THE LITTLE MERMAID FAIRY

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to make a comparative study between The Little Mermaid fairy and the Pygmalion Myth, starting from the concept of statue, an inanimate object that comes to life through love. The statue represents the form of an inanimate being, becoming the prototype of the prince for the mermaid and the woman for Pygmalion. We intend to show the similarities that exist between the two texts, the statue of the prince which is on the bottom of the sea transpose into the prince who is at the surface of the ocean and who is incompatible with the medium from where the little mermaid comes. Disappointed by the women who were in his life, Pygmalion, in the cold statue which he made, sees the prototype of the perfect woman, and he falls in love with his own creation, who will be animated by his prayers to the gods. The wishes of the mermaid and of Pygmalion are transposed into reality, the mermaid through love has an immortal soul, while Pygmalion has the love he longs for. Of those two texts, we can link the concept of the outer soul, and the two inanimate statues are transposed by their wishes. The mermaid sacrifices herself for love, while in the case of Pygmalion, the creation loves her creator.

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