Yes, or nymphs if you prefer, it was mostly that their nature was to kill sailors purposefully.
These was the Sirens.
There are no modern sirens - unless you mean the term - even so Greek sirens were mythological monsters that explained to the people of that time why it was ships and sailors sometimes did not return.
The Sirens were not goddesses, but monsters. Incredibly dangerous monsters. They had the ability to lure sailors with the alluring sound of their singing and voices. The men would shipwreck on the rocky coastline and be stranded. In some stories the sailors would jump overboard to swim to the Sirens.
Sirens are either Greek mythological monsters that lull unsuspecting victims by singing to them OR loud, screeching machines that are used to indicate the danger of a certain area.
Yes, or nymphs if you prefer, it was mostly that their nature was to kill sailors purposefully.
The Sirens were considered the daughters of the river god Achelous, fathered upon Terpsichore, Melpomene, Sterope, or Chthon.
There is Scylla, Charybdis, Circe, Polyphemus, two bronze rams, Stymphalian birds, the Hydra, the Sirens, and plenty more.
A monster that sings glorious music that lures sailors to their doom is a Siren.
The sirens in Greek mythology were half woman half bird monsters that sang sweet songs to sailors that made them forget everything and crash their ships. No, they were not worshipped.
There were three sirens. Some stories place the number of sirens between 2-5. They were considered the daughters of the river god Achelous, fathered upon Terpsichore, Melpomene, Sterope, or Chthon.
well you could say the sirens but she's not really attacked she wants to listen to them sing
Mythlogical Sirens were considered the daughters of the river god Achelous, fathered upon Terpsichore, Melpomene, Sterope, or Chthon. Sirens (noisemaker) were originally used as musical instruments, powering the pipes of organs.