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Sirenita's Grotto:
A website of mermaids, selkies, and sirens
By Sirenita The Selkie
Sirens:
Beauties Designed To Kill
Since the beginning of civilization, sirens have used their charm and beauty to lure men to their deaths. Although traditional literature featured sirens as women with heads of humans and bodies of birds, the concept has changed over time.
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Today's sirens are still beautiful but have lost their feathered qualities and instead wear lovely tails or human legs. One quality remains the same. Sirens lure humans to the ocean with their singing before killing and devouring their victim.
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Beware the song that haunts the seas...
Sirens as birds. By John William Waterhouse.
The Siren by John William Waterhouse. Notice the scales, legs, and harp.
A modern day Siren. Artist unknown. Notice the tail.
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