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Nice! But I have a few corrections and some links for further research:

Hans Christian Andersen, not Anderson
Ariel is Disney's name, in Andersen's story the mermaid's name isn't mentioned.

"COPENHAGEN in Denmark, has the little mermaid for its symbol."
I would prefer "...has The Little Mermaid for *a* symbol."

"In the legend, her song so captivated passing sailors that they were
drawn to their deaths upon the rocks."
That's mermaids in general. Andersen of course knew this, but his mermaids are different:
"They had more beautiful voices than any human being could have; and
before the approach of a storm, and when they expected a ship would be
lost, they swam before the vessel, and sang sweetly of the delights to
be found in the depths of the sea, and begging the sailors not to fear
if they sank to the bottom. But the sailors could not understand the
song, they took it for the howling of the storm. And these things were
never to be beautiful for them; for if the ship sank, the men were
drowned, and their dead bodies alone reached the palace of the Sea King."