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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.
Sirenia, commonly sirenians, are also referred to by the common name sirens, ... To counter this, they use a strategy called "cultivation grazing". This grazing can ...
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 ...
The bishop-fish, a piscine humanoid reported in Poland in the 16th century. Aquatic humanoids appear in legend and fiction. [1] " Water-dwelling people with fully human, fish-tailed or other compound physiques feature in the mythologies and folklore of maritime, lacustrine and riverine societies across the planet."
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
Sirenidae, the sirens, are a family of neotenic aquatic salamanders. Family members have very small fore limbs and lack hind limbs altogether. [ 1 ] In one species, the skeleton in their fore limbs is made of only cartilage .
Maui's emergency management director, Herman Andaya, called sirens "a last resort" in the years before the deadly Aug. 8 fire in Lahaina, records show.
The "woman-fish" (or peche mujer in modern Spanish [291]) [am]) was the name given to the creature among the Spaniards, but the sources also state it was called "duyon" by the indigenous people. [ 292 ] [ 289 ] [ an ] and it is assumed the actual creature was a dugong (according to modern translators' notes).