The rocky Farallóns islets off the picturesque fishing village of San Ciprián, Spain, are home to a bronze mermaid. The sculpture was made by artist Ángel Cao in 2006. The mermaid represents a long debated local legend. Some say that she warns of the worst storms, while others think that she is evil and jealous of the wives of fishermen, leading her to try to steal men away to her underwater palace. The Maruxaina, as this Galician mermaid of folklore is called, has the strange habit of showing up on Isla Sombriza,…
