Sirens in Mythology

Sirens, in Greek mythology, a creature half bird half woman lured sailors to destruction by the sweetness of her song.
According to Homer, there were two sirens on an island in the Western sea between Aeaea and the rocks of Scylla.
They were variously said to be the daughters of the sea god Phorcys or of the river god Achelous by one of the Muses.

In Homer's Odyssey, the Greek hero Odysseus, escaped the danger of their song by stopping the ears of his crew with wax so that they were deaf to the sirens.
Odysseus himself wanted to hear their song but had himself tied to the mast so that he couldn't steer the ship off its course.

In Hygenius's Fabulae, a mortal's ability to resist them causes the Sirens to commit suicide.