Spain

In this point of the Jucar riverside lives a beautiful nymph with a captivating voice. Legends tell that in the Middle Ages a young nobleman was hunting near the river when he heard a charming singing. He followed this sound and found out a beautiful girl sundrying her long hair. When they looked at each other, they fell in love. She told him she was a nymph and that he must give up his former life to be with her; the young nobleman accepted and never returned to his castle.

There are a lot of testimonies along History about sightings of anjanas in Herrerías Valley. Anjanas are the good faeries from Cantabria, North of Spain. They are beautiful, tall, dark-skinned, and with long brown hair, and some people say that they have wings. They wear long dresses covered by a cloak, and they also carry a colourful crook that they use to cure illness and diseases.