Sirens+Bowman

Sea nymphs that lure sailors to their death with seductive singing. They are creatures with the head of a female and the body of a bird. They lived on a rocky island and made musical instruments out of sailor’s bones The creatures, Sirens, originated from the Greek mythology. In the Greek myth they were originally handmaidens to the goddess Persephone. One story of how they came to be was that they were there when Persephone was abducted but since they did not interfere, Demeter punished them and made them into half birds. Another story of how they came to be was that they decided to stay unmarried so Aphrodite turned them into half birds as punishment. Over time, however, they have been depicted as creatures that have mermaid like features due to the fact that they are affiliated with the sea. It was also said that they were in a singing contest with the muses and lost. Because they lost, they had their feathers plucked and became mermaid like.
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__The Odyssey__ The Odyssey is the sequel to the Iliad. It is the story of how Odysseus gets home and all the obstacles he has to go through to get there. One of his Obstacles was to successfully pass Sirens without giving in to their seductive singing. To read more: []
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Though they are mermaids they play the same role as a Siren
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Spongebob: In an episode things are stolen from Bikini Bottom and when investigated, it turns out that a group of mermaids sing a song that brings things to their little island area, much like Sirens

http://monsters.monstrous.com/sirens.htm [] http://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Seirenes.html
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