In Mexican folk lore, La Sirena is a sort of sea goddess, a sort of mermaid bringing both life and death. In a fusion of Mexican folk-lore and Christian thought, the feminine and the serpent are one, bringing the flood that wipes out humanity. In Mexican folk-lore she is the goddess of rivers, seas, and storms, and the patroness of childbirth. La Sirena represents beauty, femininity, and music.

Plastered wood, hand painted with a pineapple feature on her head. Pineapples symbolize welcome to visitors, also wealth and luxury as they were very difficult to come by when the colonizers brought them back to Europe. She has a rainbow tail and blushing details.

Measures as: 4” X 1” X 1”