Did you know that the first sirens were human-bird hybrids, not fish? Similar to harpies, sirens existed first in Greek ...
Sirens are half-bird, half-female creatures of ancient Greek mythology who would lure sailors to their deaths with their enchanting songs. Later on, they became associated and conflated with ...
Inherited from Classical culture, medieval sirens were depicted as part-human from the waist up, and part-bird or part-fish ... acquired from Classical mythology. In addition to representing ...