At St Senara's Church there is a carved 15th century bench-end showing the mermaid which inspired Sue Monk Kidd's novel "The Mermaid Chair" and for Cornish poet Charles Causley's book "The Merrymaid of Zennor".
At St Senara's Church there is a carved 15th century bench-end showing the mermaid which likely inspired the legend. The legend inspired The Ballad of the Mermaid of Zennor, a poem by Vernon Watkins, Sue Monk Kidd's novel "The Mermaid Chair" and Cornish poet Charles Causley's book "The Merrymaid of Zennor".