The element water characterized by the love, representing the autumnal station and the late afternoon, it is lived by Nymphs, Sirens, Sea-nymphs and Undines, which are presented as mythological creatures in all the liquid environments as seas, rivers, creeks of sweet water, cataracts and up to the clouds. Their appearance is variable according to their habitat. The Sea-nymphs are those who govern the seas; the Undines, which the Greeks were calling Naiads, are in the lakes, and have a predominance of the blue coloration and a receptive energy.Sirens are women-fish of great beauty and with a beautiful voice. For the ancient Greeks, were considered the elemental spirits of water and gave names to all races of nymphs:
-Oceanides and Nereids, sea nymphs for, true ancestors of the sirens;
-Naiads, and Pegeas Creneas, nymphs of sources;
-Potamides, nymphs of the rivers;
-Limnades the lakes.
The first mention is known of the Sirens in The Odyssey, when Odysseus confronts their singing in the sea. There are just two, but other traditions speak of three: Pisínoe (Partenope), Agláope (Leucosia) and Telxiepia (Ligia) or even four: Teles, Redne, Molpe and Telxíope. Of Sirens is known that their specialty was the music. It is thought that played the lyre, another sang and one played the flute.
For the poet and mythographe Ovid, the Sirens were not always that way, but at first they were very beautiful women companions of Persephone (goddess of the underworld Hades and companion), before she was abducted by Hades. When the abduction happened, they asked the gods to give them wings to go in search of her friend.Another version says that his transformation was a punishment from Demeter for not defending his daughter from Hades and preventing kidnapping. Aphrodite is also said that took away her beauty, who despised the arts of love.
There is a legend that after metamorphosis, rivaled the Muses, and these very offended, the plucked and were crowned with their spoils.
Several heroes went through their island unscathed, thanks to tricks or help from a god. In the case of the Argonauts, it is said he had to pass near the Island of the Sirens, but Orpheus, who was known to sing beautifully (Greek hero), used his talent with such harmony and so sweetly, that the heard by what is saved from their terrible fate. Butes (one of the Argonauts) could not withstand the temptation and jumped into the sea, but Aphrodite rescued him.
Similarly, Odysseus (Ulysses), fertilized in Ardides, when they approached the feared island on the advice of Circe, he ordered his men to plug their ears with wax and he, that could not help the curiousity to hear, tied himself to the mast, with the order that no matter what happened, he should not be untied. Hearing the songs of the Sirens he wanted to untie himself, but his teammates did not let him do it. The Legend says that the Sirens devastated by his failure, jumped into the sea and died drowned.
Subsequently, the Sirens came to be considered deities of the afterlife, and were supposed to sing to the blessed in the Fortunate Islands. That was how they represent the celestial harmonies and this is how they are drawn in the coffins and sarcophagi.
This text written 2,800 years ago is probably the origin of the oldest and best known of the legends, the Sirens that attract sailors with their magical voices, and they beached the boats and drown the crew. Homer imagined it, so he told in the Odyssey. The pages of many other books have drawn of living waters, and legends, like rivers of the memory of mankind, have remained to this day.
Namaste
For the poet and mythographe Ovid, the Sirens were not always that way, but at first they were very beautiful women companions of Persephone (goddess of the underworld Hades and companion), before she was abducted by Hades. When the abduction happened, they asked the gods to give them wings to go in search of her friend.Another version says that his transformation was a punishment from Demeter for not defending his daughter from Hades and preventing kidnapping. Aphrodite is also said that took away her beauty, who despised the arts of love.
There is a legend that after metamorphosis, rivaled the Muses, and these very offended, the plucked and were crowned with their spoils.
Several heroes went through their island unscathed, thanks to tricks or help from a god. In the case of the Argonauts, it is said he had to pass near the Island of the Sirens, but Orpheus, who was known to sing beautifully (Greek hero), used his talent with such harmony and so sweetly, that the heard by what is saved from their terrible fate. Butes (one of the Argonauts) could not withstand the temptation and jumped into the sea, but Aphrodite rescued him.Similarly, Odysseus (Ulysses), fertilized in Ardides, when they approached the feared island on the advice of Circe, he ordered his men to plug their ears with wax and he, that could not help the curiousity to hear, tied himself to the mast, with the order that no matter what happened, he should not be untied. Hearing the songs of the Sirens he wanted to untie himself, but his teammates did not let him do it. The Legend says that the Sirens devastated by his failure, jumped into the sea and died drowned.
Subsequently, the Sirens came to be considered deities of the afterlife, and were supposed to sing to the blessed in the Fortunate Islands. That was how they represent the celestial harmonies and this is how they are drawn in the coffins and sarcophagi.
SIRENS, SONGS AND LEGENDS
"Enchant mortals who approach them. But it's pretty crazy the one who stops to listen to their songs! Never again will see his wife and his children, as their voices, the Sirens enchant him while the neighboring river is full of bleached bones and human remains tainted meat ... "
This text written 2,800 years ago is probably the origin of the oldest and best known of the legends, the Sirens that attract sailors with their magical voices, and they beached the boats and drown the crew. Homer imagined it, so he told in the Odyssey. The pages of many other books have drawn of living waters, and legends, like rivers of the memory of mankind, have remained to this day.
Namaste
