often capitalized : any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing 2 a : a woman who sings with enchanting sweetness b : temptress c : temptation sense 2 3 a : an apparatus producing musical tones especially...
In Greek mythology, the Sirens (Greek singular: Σειρήν Seirēn; Greek plural: Σειρῆνες Seirēnes) were three dangerous mermaid like creatures, portrayed as seductresses who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the...
InGreekmythology,theSirensweredangerousyetbeautifulcreatures,portrayedasfemmefataleswholurednearbysailorswiththeirenchantingmusicandvoicestoshipwreckontherockycoastoftheirisland.Placetolive:sirenumscopuli(surroundedbycliffsandrocks)※femmefataleisastockcharacterofamysteriousandseductivewomanwhosecharmsensnareherlovers,often...
Long long ago,there was a naiad called 库尔采 who had a crazy crush on God of sun - Apollo.Every morning the sun arose from the east,she started to watch him with fixed eye,from morning to night,she didn't look back until the God of sun had set.As time go by,the na...
In the Wake of the Mermaid: Our Beautiful Monsters Irresistibly beautiful, the siren moves through myth and fiction in cultures around the world, taking other names and forms - the singing bird-women of Greek myth, the pious utopian seafolk of The Thousand and One Nights, the ningyo of J....
Not much is revealed about the plot, but it is reported that the film is set in the distant future and inspired by the Hindu mythology of Lord Vishnu’s final avatar of Kalki in the Kali Yuga.The Prabhas starrer is scheduled to release on May 9, 2024. However, the Lok Sabha Election...
Siren, in Greek mythology, a creature half bird and half woman who lures sailors to destruction by the sweetness of her song. In Homer’s Odyssey, the Greek hero Odysseus escapes the danger of the Sirens’ song by stopping the ears of his crew with wax a
In thenorthwesternSpanishcoastal area there is a type ofmermaidcalled "La Sirena", which seems to be aderivativeof the Siren. However this creature is notmalevolent. InCentral Africanmythology, a sort of fresh-watermermaidtraditionally known to have white skin and African features. They can be ...