Sirens

Sirens were nymphs who lured sailors to their death with a bewitching song.

Sirens were deities of Greek Mythology - first written of by Homer in around 850 BC or 12th Century BC.

Mythology is the ancient religion of the people of a region - in the case, Greece - there is no way of knowing whom invented them, but its to be taken that by the time of Homer they were known as deities associated with sailors not returning or dying at sea by drowning during a storm or in calm weather.

Yes, they make a sound like a siren. Hence the name "Siren".

Their admiration of Odysseys and their knowledge that they promise.

To stop them from hearing the Sirens Song.

that and he wanted to hear the singing of the sirens because it is told that their voice holds wisdom. so he put wax in his crew's ears so that they wouldn't hear the singing. then they tied him to the head of the ship and sailed. the reason that the crew couldn't hear the singing is if a crew hears the singing the start to drift into the rocks and there they crash.

The picture depicting sirens seducing sailors is often referred to as "The Sirens" or "The Sirens and Ulysses." This theme is commonly illustrated in various artworks throughout history, inspired by the mythological tales from ancient Greek literature, particularly Homer's "Odyssey." In these depictions, sirens are shown luring sailors with their enchanting songs, leading to perilous consequences.

Hide in the basement if you have one. Other good locations are bathtubs or rooms in the middle of the house.

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.

Ancient people frequently attempted to reason the effect of a unknown force with a deity so as to trace it to a cause. So they believed in many gods and goddesses who worked together and in part to order their world in day to day life.

There were many islands that were named as locations, here is a list;

Anthemoessa

Cape Pelorum, ancient Punta del Faro.

La Sirenuse, an archipelago of little islands.

Paestum, or nearby.

Capreae.

Charybdis is a giant whirlpool and Scylla a monster that feeds on men; it is the question of certain doom versus losing only a few of his crew.

Yes; the Sirens sang their enchanted song, and attempted to lure Odysseus and his men to their doom.

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These are the ones I know of;

They were supposedly handmaidens of Persephone who preyed for wings and were granted them as the looked for her but eventually gave up but kept the wings.

It is also said that the Muses had a contest with the Sirens, which the Sirens lost and crowns were made of their feathers.

The sirens supposedly killed the Centaurs who fled Heracles.

The Argonauts also encountered them, but they were drowned out by the music of Orpheus.

And of course, the Odyssey encounter.

Telemachos, the son of Odysseus, was killed by them.

Halt.

The siren lured sailors to their deaths while they heard the song of the siren which led to them attempting to go to the sirens, either they drowned or wrecked the ship along the cliffs as they tried to come ashore.

However, Syrian was what some Greek gods and goddesses were called when adopted from the people of Syria.

Among other reasons, they went into the unknown; in the ancient world long sea voyages were a rarity, and no one knew what might be out there in this way the Odyssey explains some of the myths of that time and inspired men to take to the sea.

No, the sirens sing to sailors who pass by islands with cliffs and either they jump ship and drown unable to reach the sirens atop the cliffs, or a sailor might navigate the ship into the cliffs to reach them thus killing everyone.

About 3-4 feet long.

In mythology they were likely created to explain why ships or sailors were lost at sea.

None or the sirens had any children,and their father -when they aren't said to be the children of Gaia alone - is Achelous, god of that river and generally thought of as a god of fresh water, their mother being either;

Melpomene the Muse of tragedy.

Terpsichore the Muse of choral song and dancing.

Sterope a daughter of Atlas.

They were sisters, names being;

Thelxiope

Thelxinoe

Thelxipea

Molpe

Pisinoe

Aglaophonus

Aglaope

Parthenope

Ligea

Leucosia

For all that they were feared monsters of the sea, it does not seem that they were born of the sea.

No, they never were killed, some say that after Odysseus left them they drowned themselves for letting a ship of men by them unmoved. This isn't likely, as the Argonauts fled them previously, and they were said to have murdered a son of Odysseus, Telemachos.

Siren try to lure not only Odysseus and his crew but every ship near them with their beautiful songs. Odysseus knows that they are getting close to them that's why he ordered his crew to seal their ears with wax. He wanted to hear the song so he ordered them to tie him on the deck and not untie him even if he screams or orders them.

Sirens did not really have enemies. The only one's may have been an enemy to the siren would be women. They saw the siren as a threat who wanted to steal away their men.