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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.
Siren (surname) 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 Sundby (born 1982), Norwegian Olympic sailor
The male and the female collectively are sometimes referred to as merfolk or merpeople. The Western concept of mermaids as beautiful, seductive singers may have been influenced by the sirens of Greek mythology , which were originally half-birdlike, but came to be pictured as half-fishlike in the Christian era.
Ala – Female demon that brings bad weather to farms in Balkan folklore. Alp – Nightmare creature from Germanic Mythology. Anguane – (Germany, Austria) Female spirits with hooves and dangling breasts. Associated with aiding lost persons and in female fertility. Arkan sonney – Fairy creature resembling a pig in Manx folklore.
It is not known whether the name Nereus was known to Homer or not, but the name of the Nereids is attested before it, and can be found in the Iliad. [3] Since Nereus only has relevance as the father of the Nereids, it has been suggested that his name could actually be derived from that of his daughters; [4] while the derivation of the Nereids from Nereus, as a patronymic, has also been ...
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 ...
These Hollywood stars have opened up about not fitting into a strictly "male" or "female" category. Demi Lovato, Sam Smith, Janelle Monáe, and Emma D'Arcy all identify as nonbinary.
A Moog synthesizer uses the name "Sirin: Analog Messenger of Joy". The Chinese Mobile game Honkai Impact 3rd features a Slavic girl from Belarus named Sirin, as one of the game's major antagonists. "Songbird" Sirin is a female companion in the game Tyranny , who enchants people's minds with her singing.