Sirens

One mythical create that is believed to exist in today’s world, are the sirens. Can you imagine seeing a beautiful young girl out in the ocean and out of nowhere you see she has a waist to her feet is like a fish’s body? The sirens may be confused with mermaids; therefore, they are forgotten. The sirens may look like mermaids, but they are different in various ways for example, the history, the power they contain and the role that they have in the world.
To start off with, the history of sirens starts with them being birds, vicious creatures with the head of a women. After the goddess of marriage, childbirth and Zeus’s wife, Hera challenged the Muses at a signing contest. The Muses are goddesses of songs, dance, and music also, they were known to be an inspiration to poets. The Muses were daughters of Zeus. It is unsure why Hera challenged the Muses, but I believe that Hera challenged the Muses as a way to get out of her marriage with
The sirens are also known as ‘Sea Sirens’, the personality and appearance of the sirens was all sexually attractive to whoever they came encountered with. The sirens beauty known to reflect wondrous treasures and powers of the sea itself. The sirens did not just have a seductive body, of half human and half fish. The sirens also had a high pitched voice that then they sang, they had everyone mesmerized. The sirens lured sailors to their deaths when they would be close to their home, Anthemoessa, the sea between Sicily and Italy. They would lure the sailors into horrible weather. Also, the sirens would also help sailors who had gone overboard. The sirens were disliked by women. The sirens would not only help save, destroy sailors, they would also try to find someone to fall in love with, that is why the women disliked them because they would take their men and turn them into 'mermen'. The sirens are also looked as kind creatures in today’s