One of the sirens of the sea

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Sirens are known for singing enchanting songs to lure sailors to their death. Stories tell of sirens who sing to the sailors and put them into a trance so they can kill them. There are several ways sirens kill. A combination of their haunting song and their stunning looks causes sailors to be enticed to go to them. The sailors will jump into the water to go after the siren, where they will either be dragged to the bottom of the sea or eaten by the sirens. Sirens were also known to lure sailors' ships into rocks, causing them to crash and perish.

Sirens are mentioned in Homer's The Odyssey. An island near Scylla and Charybdis is where the sirens lived. They would await ships and sing their song to bring death upon sailors. The hero Odysseus managed to pass through siren territory unscathed by having his crew stuff their ears with wax. However, he wanted to hear the song of the siren so he had himself tied to the ship's mast so he wouldn't be able to give in to the sirens' songs.