Monsters
Sirens
Σειρῆνες
Overview
Dangerous singing beings whose voices lure sailors toward destruction.
Generation
Divine / Heroic Age
Parents
Unknown or primordial.
Children
No children recorded.
Beyond Antiquity
Modern Legacy
Sirens still appears in the modern world through language, science, medicine, astronomy or culture.
Siren
Today: A loud warning device; also something dangerously attractive or alluring.
The word comes from the Sirens of Greek mythology, whose irresistible songs lured sailors towards destruction.
Explore Sirens in modern language →Related Myths
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Orpheus and the Sirens
Dangerous singers who attempt to lure the Argonauts -
Odysseus and the Sirens
Dangerous singers whose song Odysseus hears while bound to his ship's mast