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Sirens are monsters derived from greek mythology and it is believed that they are daughters of the river god Achelous and are companions of Persephone.These monsters are as beautiful as they are deadly because they have an enchanting voice which they use to their advantage to destroy their male victims. Sirens appearance varies on account of their archetype being a woman who represents the allure and curiosity that leads to the doom of men.Most appear in the form of a mermaid because they originate from the beauty and danger of the sea and serve as a warning against the risks of a sailor and the ocean and a man and a woman.

They tricked sailors into death because whether they rely on their songs or good looks,they lure victims to their death by distracting them from a greater danger, and causing them to drown or sink/crash the ship into upcoming rocky reefs or dangerously high
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In Sinbad, sirens take a less physical form and appear as water nymphs sent by the goddess of chaos to prevent the crew from finding the book of peace.They use their song to seduce the pirates so they can join them in the water and drown.All men aboard have been taken over by this trance except for one woman who is not affected so she pulls the crew away from the illusion and steers the ship so that it does not crash into the jagged rocks that are filled with the debris from other shipwrecks.Most ships and sailors believed that having a women aboard was bad luck but they all escape alive only because the woman was on board because only males are weak to the spell of

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