Siren (mythology)
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In Greek mythology, sirens are female humanlike beings with alluring voices; they appear in a scene in the Odyssey in which Odysseus saves his crew's lives. Roman poets place them on some small island
Attic funerary statue of a siren, playing on a tortoiseshell lyre, c. 370 BC
Archaic perfume vase in the shape of a siren, c. 540 BC
Moaning siren statuette from Myrina, first century BC
Miniature illustration of a siren enticing sailors who try to resist her, from an English Bestiary, c. 1235
Mermaid
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In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Latin
Siren (mythology)
…All such locations were surrounded by cliffs and rocks. While some versions have depicted Sirens as woman-headed birds, other versions depict them as mermaids. Sirens were used in Christian art throughout the medieval era as a symbol of the dangerous temptation embodied by women. "Siren" can also be used as…
John William Waterhouse A Mermaid
The Fisherman and the Syren, by Frederic Leighton, c. 1856–1858
Siren and onocentaur.―Bern Physiologus. Berner Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 281, fol. 13v
Siren in a Second Family bestiary―British Library MS Add. 11283, fol. 20v.