 It is believed that after this she spent the rest of her life somewhere in Spain as a Menina for some woman of the Spanish high society.In Cuba, in a parallel legend that states that one of the caves under the Taganana hill served as a shelter for a Cuban Indian girl of the same name who fled from her Spanish persecutors.The Cuban novelist Cirilo Villaverde immortalized Guanche Cathaysa in his literary work, "La Cueva de Taganana".