Pirates Of The Caribbean

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
waves.While most choose the to passive aggressively kill their victims with the power of distraction,some lead victims to them with their powers of persuasion so they can strike unexpectedly.
Sirens first known appearance is in the Odyssey when odysseus is traveling by boat through their domain.He orders his men to stuff their ears with wax so that they can not hear the sirens sing and avoid their spell.He is tied to the mast of the ship and he commands his crew not to release him no matter how much he begs to be set free.When the ship passes through the siren area,odysseus pleads with his men to be released so that he can hear their song but they refuse and he makes it past safely.

In modern media they are also shown, for example in Pirates Of The Caribbean,Sinbad,and even Ice Age:Continental drift.In Pirates Of The Caribbean, the pirates are on a quest to get mermaid tears so that they can access the fountain of youth.Sirens have forms as mermaids who lure the pirates closer and closer to the surface of the water with their singing and beauty until they pull them deep into the ocean to drown them.
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
sirens.
In Ice Age:Continental Drift,sirens use their voice to create an illusion of beauty because their true forms show that they are monsters.The illusion makes the listener view the siren as their greatest desire whether it be a love interest or material wealth.The mammoth resisted the spell when he realized it was too good to be true so he covered his ears and their true hideous forms were revealed.
Sirens are perhaps one of the most eerie monsters because when they lead you into a false sense of safety it makes you ignore the true danger that lurks behind their facade.