‘‘The bishop of Tyre, historian, writes that in his time, probably about 1220, some Englishmen were sent by their king to the aid of the Christians who were fighting in the Holy Land, and that on their arrival in a haven of the island of Cyprus a sorceress transformed a young English soldier into an ass. He, wishing to return to his companions in the ship, was chased away with blows from a stick, whereupon he returned to the sorceress who made use of him, until someone noticed that the ass kneeled in a church and did various other things which only a reasoning being could do.
Ang sabi naman ng matatanda, ito’y ginagawa nila para bigyan babala ang mga taong bayan sa darating na bagyo o sakuna sa dagat. Nang matanawan nga ng mga marinong Castila ang dugong, ito’y napagkamalan nilang isang sirena, na iniugnay naman sa alamat ng mermaid. At sa mga mandaragat na ito nagsimula ang kuwento tungkol sa mga sirena na umaawit, nagpapasuso at nananalamin.