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  2. Siren (mythology) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Mythic humanoids - Wikipedia

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    Top half human, bottom half fish, able to control and predict the weather and travel between the human world and the underworld through water. Anishinaabeg myth refers to one trying to take a human husband, the act of bringing him to their world and going through with the marriage turning him into one of them.

  4. Petrifaction in mythology and fiction - Wikipedia

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    Petrifaction, or petrification, defined as turning people into solid stone, is a common theme in folklore and mythology, as well as in some works of modern literature. Amos Brown noted that "Fossils are to be found all over the world, a clear evidence to human beings from earliest times that living beings can indeed turn into stone ...

  5. Metamorphoses in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    As Ares and Hermes decided to turn all of Polyphonte's household into birds, the female servant asked the gods to turn her into a good omen for mankind, so Ares and Hermes chose the woodpecker for her. Procne/Aëdon ("nightingale") Nightingale: The gods The Athenian princess Procne was married to Tereus, who was a king of Thrace.

  6. Mermaids in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    She can change into a human when her tail dries out. Arabelle the Last Mermaid by Jean Ache appeared as a comic strip in the daily French newspaper France-Soir between 1950 and 1962. The character returned in various magazines until 1972. Arabelle is discovered by an American plastic surgeon on a Mediterranean island. The surgeon gives her ...

  7. Fact check: Post on Nostradamus prediction and CDC ... - AOL

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    The article claims that Nostradamus, also known as Michel de Nostradame, predicted a Russian scientist would create a biological weapon and produce a virus that would turn humans into zombies ...

  8. 'Luca's' sea monsters can turn into humans. Here's how the ...

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    "Luca" director Enrico Casarosa and character art director Deanna Marsigliese on sea monster inspiration, design, transformation and more. The Pixar film hits Disney+ on June 18.

  9. List of aquatic humanoids - Wikipedia

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    The Fishmen are a race of fish-like humans from the anime One Piece. They are modeled after different aquatic lifeforms. The Fishmen can breed with Giants to create Wotans. Gill (aka Gil Moss) from "Kim Possible" Goo from Gumby; Hippocampus from Krapopolis is a piscine humanoid. The episode "Prince Hippo" revealed that he is part of a race of ...