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The siren or mermaid with two tails and a crown, a heraldic symbol which inspired the Starbucks logo, is frequently identified as a melusine. [43] [44] However, this name and the link to Melusine seems to have originated in the late 19th century. [45]
Starbucks has used its image of a double-tailed siren since the early 1970s, but as the company has grown, she has undergone a number of changes.. While many of the alterations simply involved ...
Archaic perfume vase in the shape of a siren, c. 540 BC The etymology of the name is contested. Robert S. P. Beekes has suggested a Pre-Greek origin. [5] Others connect the name to σειρά (seirá, "rope, cord") and εἴρω (eírō, "to tie, join, fasten"), resulting in the meaning "binder, entangler", [6] [better source needed] i.e. one who binds or entangles through magic song.
The two cravings are intertwined: only by achieving true love will her soul bind with a human's and become everlasting. But the mermaid's fish-tail poses an insurmountable obstacle for enticing humans, and a sea-witch offers a potion to transform into human form, at a price (the mermaid's tongue and beautiful voice).
Sea-lion – A creature with the head and upper body of a lion and the tail of a fish. Siren – Half-bird, half-woman creature of Greek mythology, who lured sailors to their deaths with their singing voices. Skvader – A Swedish creature with the forequarters and hind-legs of a hare and the back, wings and tail of a female wood grouse.
The city found out from neighboring jurisdictions that no sirens or early warning devices were activated or malfunctioning. Their suspicions of a different cause were confirmed.
Other sirens would also be going off, such as the one on top of City Hall downtown, if it was the real thing. “Had it been an actual lahar, you would definitely hear it,” he said.
A second version of the mermaid from European folklore with two tails also likely influenced depictions of Mami Wata localized especially to the Benin kingdom. Scholars trace this motif to the influence of Portuguese depictions of mermaids. [3] Chromolithograph of a snake charmer, inspired by the performer Maladamatjaute (Nala Damajanti).