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Sirens combine women and birds in various ways. In early Greek art Sirens were represented as birds with large women's heads, bird feathers and scaly feet. Later, they were represented as female figures with the legs of birds, with or without wings, playing a variety of Musical Instruments, especially harps. The tenth century Byzantine encyclopedia Suda says that from their chests up Sirens had the form of sparrows, below they were women, or, alternatively, that they were little birds with women's faces. Birds were chosen because of their beautiful voices. Later Sirens were sometimes depicted as beautiful women, whose bodies, not only their voices, are seductive.
A snakelike amphibian that has 2 legs close to its head.
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Did Greek Gods walk among people like were they ever seen or physically there?
No. They were mythological and didn't really exist.
Name the Greek mythological-creature with 6 serpent-heads.?
SIRENS: Women with bird-like bodies; sirens were legendary for luring sailors by singing their enchanted songsScylla | malevolent monster with six heads and twelve feet; in myth, she is often paired with the creature Charybdis MEDUSA: One of the Gorgons; Medusa is traditionally depicted as a dangerous snake haired woman HYDRA:The Hydra had a water-serpent body topped by numerous heads THIS ALL I CAN HELP WITH
What does a Siren look like?
half woman half bird
Why was Medusa mortal?
Medusa was mortal because she was a Gorgon, a creature born from mortal parents. Gorgons were not immortal like the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology.
How was Zeus adulthood like?
Non existent as Zeus is mythological.
