The siren is a creature from Greek mythology. The name is derived from the Greek word siren, which means “seagull”. The sirens were sea nymphs who lived on an island in the middle of the sea. They had beautiful voices and used them to lure sailors to their deaths by getting them to crash their ships on the rocks around their island.
The first mention of Sirens in Greek mythology was in Homer’s Odyssey.
In Greek mythology, sirens were said to dwell on an island in the middle of the sea. They were often depicted as beautiful women with the bodies of birds, usually with wings. Their most famous feature was their sweet singing voices that lured sailors to their deaths on jagged rocks or shorelines. However, this was not always how they would kill those who came near them; sometimes they would simply seduce them into staying on land or into helping themselves to land so they could escape back into the water again without being harmed by humans.
In some accounts, they were portrayed as half bird/half woman creatures, while in other accounts, they were described as having two tails.
Generally speaking, Sirens are known for luring sailors to their deaths by singing beautiful songs that cause them to become mesmerized and forget about their duties at sea, causing them to crash into rocks or other dangerous places on land or sea (depending on what version of the story you read).
