Sirens

Wikipedia

The sirens are dangerous creatures, who lure nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on some small islands called . In some later, rationalized traditions, the literal geography of the "flowery" island of , or Anthemusa, is fixed: sometimes on and at others in the islands known as the, near, or in . All such locations were surrounded by cliffs and rocks.

Appearance

Sirens were believed to combine women and birds in various ways. In early Greek art, Sirens were represented as birds with large women's heads, bird feathers and scaly feet. Later, they were represented as female figures with the legs of birds, with or without wings, playing a variety of musical instruments, especially harps. The tenth-century Byzantine encyclopedia says that from their chests up, Sirens had the form of sparrows, and below they were women or, alternatively, that they were little birds with women's faces. Birds were chosen because of their beautiful voices. Later Sirens were sometimes depicted as beautiful women, whose bodies, not only their voices, are seductive.

Originally, Sirens were shown to be male or female, but the male Siren disappeared from art around fifth century BC.

The first-century Roman historian discounted Sirens as pure fable, "although Dinon, the father of Clearchus, a celebrated writer, asserts that they exist in , and that they charm men by their song, and, having first lulled them to sleep, tear them to pieces." In his notebooks, wrote of the Siren, "The siren sings so sweetly that she lulls the mariners to sleep; then she climbs upon the ships and kills the sleeping mariners."

In 1917, wrote in The Silence of the Sirens, "Now the Sirens have a still more fatal weapon than their song, namely their silence. And though admittedly such a thing never happened, it is still conceivable that someone might possibly have escaped from their singing; but from their silence certainly never."

Britannica

Siren, in Greek mythology , a creature half bird and half woman who lured sailors to destruction by the sweetness of her song. According to Homer there were two Sirens on an island in the western sea between Aeaea and the rocks of Scylla. Later the number was usually increased to three, and they were located on the west coast of Italy , near Naples. They were variously said to be the daughters of the sea god Phorcys or of the river god Achelous by one of the Muses.

Powers

-Stirring up terrible storms

-Causes shipwreck

-Foretells and provokes disaster

Become A Siren

Sirens Song

Spell to hypnotize someone.

In the night, say this: The sea is deep, the sea is wide, the sea is always on your side. Listen to my voice and you wont have a choice. Forever you'll remain here with me.

Siren Mermaid

You will need the following items for this spell:

Bath tub filled with salt water

Many seashells

Necklace

Red nail polish (optional)

Fill a bath tub with salt water. If you dont have salt water pour salt into the water. Take your seashells and arrange them around the bath. Once you have done this get into the bath. Put your necklace on. You will drip a drop of nail polish into the bath at very pause in the spell (at every comma). Now say this spell 3 times: Eyes on fire, dreaming of the deep, hope above desire, losing in the depths, voice of the world, turn me into one of you, Icey soul, voice of sarrows, tail fin and all, make me a siren, legs on shore, fins in bay, this is my desire, for this, I wish, I pray, I believe. Once you have finished the spell run your palms along the waters surface while humming. Do this for 3 minutes. Then drain the bath water out. But stay in the tub until all the water is completely drained out. Then get out. But take 15 minutes of being dry and humming before getting wet again. Then you can do whatever. But if you take the necklace off you will break the spell. Side Effects

Nausea Sore throat Better singing voice Possible vomiting (very rare)Leg pains Any other odd leg sensations Headaches Any other odd sensations