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Parthenope has been depicted in various forms of literature and art, from ancient coins that bore her semblance [6] to the Fountain of the Spinacorona, where she is depicted quenching the fires of Vesuvius with water from her breasts. [14]
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... "Sirena", by Maldita Vecindad y los Hijos del Quinto Patio from Mostros, 1998
The Sirena is a mythological sea creature from Filipino culture. Popular in folklore in many regions of the Philippines. In Philippine mythology, the Sirena is a mythological aquatic creature with the head and torso of a human female from waist down and the tail of a fish. [1] The Sirena is an Engkanto –' the Filipino counterpart of English ...
La sirena: the mermaid: Con los cantos de sirena, no te vayas a marear. Don't be swayed by the songs of the siren. (In Spanish, sirens and mermaids and their song are synonymous.) 7 La escalera: the ladder: Súbeme paso a pasito, no quieras pegar brinquitos. Ascend me step by step, don't try and skip. 8 La botella: the bottle: La herramienta ...
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.
The Sirenia (/ s aɪ ˈ r iː n i. ə /), commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters.
Phonemic notation commonly uses IPA symbols that are rather close to the default pronunciation of a phoneme, but for legibility often uses simple and 'familiar' letters rather than precise notation, for example /r/ and /o/ for the English [ɹʷ] and [əʊ̯] sounds, or /c, ɟ/ for [t͜ʃ, d͜ʒ] as mentioned above.
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