South American Folktales - Page 10

Along the windswept coasts of Chiloé, where waves crash against jagged cliffs and sea mists weave through the pine forests, fishermen tell a tale older than the villages themselves: the story of La Pincoya. She is not an ordinary sea spirit. Her form is that of a luminous, mermaid-like being, radiant and graceful, with hair the color of sunlit waves