Lasirèn, the mermaid of Vodou, is the beautiful and alluring lwa of the sea, of wealth, music, and the hidden mysteries of the deep. Half woman and half fish, she appears combing her long hair before a mirror and sounding a trumpet, and she is paired in a familiar refrain with Labalèn, the whale: 'Lasirèn, Labalèn.' She is the consort of Agwe, sharing his dominion over the ocean. Her signature act is to seize a chosen person and carry them beneath the water, where they may remain for days or years; those who return come back transformed, endowed with heightened beauty, spiritual power, and the gift of healing. She is associated with the color blue and with the acquisition of wealth drawn up from the sea's floor.