La Cigaupa: Dominican Mountain Mermaid

from Chthonia · host Brigid Burke

This week's episode looks at La Cigaupa, a beautiful howling woman with backward facing feet who is found in the mountains in Dominican folklore. She is often treated as a dangerous siren figure, but her origin story is surprisingly different. We explore the question--is she a colonizer's myth?

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