What is Siren?
:''This article is about mythological creatures. For the noise-making siren see [[siren (noisemaker)]]'' [[Image:John William Waterhouse - Ulysses and the Sirens (1891).jpg|thumb|350px|''Ulysses and the Sirens'' by [[John William Waterhouse|J. W. Waterhouse]]]] A '''siren''', also referred to as a '''werevulture''', is a creature in [[Greek mythology]]. The sirens were living on an [[island]] surrounded by rocks. Sirens also have a [[mermaid]] form where they still sing, but they hit the [[boat]] to sink it that way and sirens have a human form. [[Sailors]] would try to go to them because of their singing, and their [[ship]]s would get destroyed on the rocks, and they would [[drown]]. Originally they looked like bird-women, but in modern time they are often shown to look like fish-women or mermaids. Many people said they were [[Naiad]]s (spirits of the sea). They also appear in [[Homer]]'s ''[[Odyssey]]''. There [[Odysseus]] and his ship have to pass the siren's island. Odysseus tells his men to put [[wax]] in their [[ear]]s, so they will not hear the song of the sirens. He also tells his men to bind him to the ship's mast, so he cannot go to the sirens when he hears their song. When Odysseus and his men pass the Sirens, Odysseus wants to go towards them, but his men pull the rope tighter to hold him down. His men can then look at Odysseus and see when he cannot hear the sirens anymore, because he is calm again. Then they can take the wax out of their ears, and free Odysseus. {{commonscat|Sirens}} [[Category:Greek legendary creatures]] {{stub}}