Warsaw Mermaid, Mermaid sculpture in fighting pose. On the west bank of the Vistula River in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, stands a bronze sculpture with a fish tail, which is the symbol of the heroic city of Warsaw - the Warsaw Mermaid. In Poland, the mouth of the Vistula River in the Baltic Sea is said to have a mermaid. At that time, a young man named Wal and a young woman named Shawa traveled downstream to the current Polish capital Warsaw to open up their homes. The mermaid in the river was their witness and shelter. It gradually developed into a city, and later generations, in order to commemorate them, collectively called the two of them "Warsaw" as the name of the city. At the same time, the image of the mermaid is used as the city emblem of Warsaw.