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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.
Sirin is a mythological creature of Russian legends, with the head of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird (usually an owl), borrowed from the siren of the Greek mythology. According to myth, the Sirin lived in Iriy or around the Euphrates River.
Another English word "†mermin" (headword in the OED) for 'siren or mermaid' is older, though now obsolete. [3]It derives from Old English męremęnen, ad. męre 'sea' + męnen 'female slave', [3] earliest attestation mereminne, as a gloss for "siren", in Corpus Glossary (c. 725).
Merfolk, Merpeople, or simply Mer refers to humanoid creatures that live in deep waters like Mermaids, Sirens, Cecaelia etc. In English, female merfolk are called mermaids, although in a strict sense, mermaids are confined to beings who are half-woman and half-fish in appearance; male merfolk are called mermen. Depending on the story, they can ...
Siren, stage name of female bodybuilder Shelley Beattie on the TV show American Gladiators Siren, stage name of Valerie Waugaman on the 2008 revival of American Gladiators Alexander Brandon (born 1974), American musician, known as "Siren" in the demoscene
Siren: Country: Greek and Roman: Part of a series on: ... with great claws; breasts, bellies, and female parts human. [11] Functions and abodes. Mirror with figure of ...
Parthenope has been depicted in various forms of literature and art, from ancient coins that bore her semblance [6] to the Fountain of the Spinacorona, where she is depicted quenching the fires of Vesuvius with water from her breasts. [14]
A banshee (/ ˈ b æ n ʃ iː / BAN-shee; Modern Irish bean sí, from Old Irish: ben síde [bʲen ˈʃiːðʲe], "woman of the fairy mound" or "fairy woman") is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member, [1] usually by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening.