Pincoya

water-spirit · Chile · South America

Pincoya is a Chiloé water spirit, daughter of Millalobo (king of the sea) and Huenchula. With long blond hair and incomparable beauty, she dances on the shore: facing the sea brings abundant fish, facing the mountains brings scarcity. She and her siblings Pincoy and the Sirena chilota guide drowned sailors to the ghost ship Caleuche.

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