Sirens are female sea creatures with seductive voices who represent dangers of the sea; their melodious song enchants sailors and causes shipwrecks. Sirens are sometimes used as a synonym for mermaids and portrayed with upper human bodies and fish tails.
History
Earth-Two
The sirens are an immortal race of singing temptresses that were turned into trees by Aphrodite to stop their killing of sailors.
The tree made from one of their number, Parthenope, was later carved into a bracelet, through which Parthenope could transfer her powers to the wearer. This wooden armlet was bought by the murderous Mona Menise who used these powers to ramp up her attempts to murder Wonder Woman.[2]
Prime Earth
Daughters of Achelous
One night, two Sirens performed as a musical duo called the Mantic Sisters; their target was Wonder Woman, who was on a date with Clark Kent, Superman, in Italy.[1]
Revealing themselves to be the daughters of the river-god Achelous, they managed to control the minds of everyone present, including Clark and the god Eros himself, except for Diana because of her Lasso of Truth. Diana managed to free Eros from their control thanks to the magic lasso, but Superman remained under their control, even after being bound by the lasso, because Eros had used his power over him to break Diana's heart, as the Sirens had ordered him to, until Eros wounded the Sirens with his golden pistols, causing them to surrender and free Superman.[1]
Mermaid-like Sirens
A siren from Prime Earth
This is a story told to Wonder Woman by her mother when she was a child. A woman had been in love with a painter since they were children, but the painter only had eyes for her lover, a fisherwoman. The woman was unsuccessful in winning the painter's love, so she killed her and threw her body into the sea. The fisherwoman followed her into the waves, and drowned.
The Gods punished the murderer with an everlasting and solitary life, watching the happiness of others and suffering for it. Prevented from even taking her own life to extinguish the curse and shunned by the other villagers, jealousy and hatred changed her, turning her into a monster on the outside just as she was within: big, yellow eyes, sharp teeth, claws and a long fish tail similar to a mermaid.
Although the monster was not initially known by a name, because she attracted her victims with a seductive and hypnotic singing voice, she was associated with the sirens of mythology, and her song was known as the siren song.[3]
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Siren Physiology
- Amphibian[3]
- Compelling Voice: The siren song was heard only by men, who were immediately seduced by the magical voice of the sirens.
- Immortality
- Power Distribution[2]
- Transformation[3]
Abilities
Miscellaneous
Representatives:
- Parthenope
- Petra
Notes
- These characters are an adaptation of the Sirens, a race in traditional stories. These include, but may not be limited to religious texts, myth, and/or folk lore. More information on the original can be found at Wikipedia.org.
See Also
Links and References
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