siren
creatures half bird and half woman who lured sailors by the sweetness of her song
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Summary
siren is a class of mythical entities[1]. siren ranks in the top 4% of class of mythical entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,632 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Father: Achelous[3]
- Instance of: group of mythical creatures[4]
- Subclass of: waterwoman[5], mythical hybrid[6]
- Part of: Greek mythology[7], Asturian mythology[8]
- Commons category: Sirens[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sirens (mythology)[10]
- Depicted by: Orpheus and the sirens[11]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Second Edition[15], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[20], The New Student's Reference Work[21], Pauly–Wissowa[22]
- Different from: Siren[23], Sirène[24], mermaid[25]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26]
- P14470: Concepts/Sirens[27]
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Influence
Things named for siren include Sirenia[28], a taxon[29] and siren[30], founded in 1799[31].
Why It Matters
siren has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] siren is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
Entities named for siren include Sirenia[28], a taxon[29] and siren[30], founded in 1799[31].
FAQs
Who were siren's parents?
siren's father was Achelous[3].