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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.
Germanic lore featured light and dark elves (Ljósálfar and Dökkálfar).This may be roughly equivalent to later concepts such as the Seelie and Unseelie. [2]In the mid-thirteenth century, Thomas of Cantimpré classified fairies into neptuni of water, incubi who wandered the earth, dusii under the earth, and spiritualia nequitie in celestibus, who inhabit the air.
Similarly, Anthemoessa (or Anthemusa) was the island home of the sirens in other versions of the myth. [2] Although the name no longer exists, varying accounts attribute Anthemoessa to the island of Ischia or Capri, in the Gulf of Naples. Further traditions place the sirens on Capo Peloro or the Sirenuse islands, near Paestum.
Greater siren out of water. Greater sirens are carnivorous and prey upon invertebrates (such as insects, crustaceans, gastropods, bivalves, spiders, molluscs, and crayfish) [11] and aquatic vertebrates (such as small fish) [11] with a possible preference for molluscs (such as snails and freshwater clams), [8] [12] although they have been observed to eat vegetation such as algae.
The Siren, a lost Fox film starring Valeska Suratt; The Siren, an American melodrama directed by Byron Haskin; Siren, a Belgian animated short film; Sirens, starring Hugh Grant, directed by John Duigan
The lesser siren (Siren intermedia) is a species of aquatic salamander native to the eastern United States and northern Mexico. They are referred to by numerous common names, including two-legged eel , dwarf siren , and mud eel .
Weaknesses in financial oversight repeatedly plague local governments, ... A Carroll County ambulance leaves a call for service with its lights and sirens activated on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, in ...
Sirenia, commonly sirenians, are also referred to by the common name sirens, deriving from the sirens of Greek mythology. [5] [6] [7] Classification.