The Sirens

The sirens were originally portrayed as three dangerous bird-like womenand from Greek mythology. The picture above is an image of a statue of what a siren was thought to be, made in the 1st century.

The siren song is said to begin in midday, with calm weather...which ruins my plan! I shall overcome it though. Another idea which I could use is the belief that the sirens only lived for as long as sailors were enticed to them. Once they could pass without being drawn to them, the sirens would die. I could use this with the father, as he is not effected.

The sirens are not strictly mermaids. But they have similar beliefs and myths surrounding them.

I'm sure you probably know this but, mermaids have a human torso and the tail of a fish for legs. They live in the sea, sit on rocks, brushing their hair.

So, like sirens they sing to people to enchant them, causing people to walk off ship decks and have shipwrecks. There is also the nasty idea that mermaids drown humans either out of spite or because they forget that humans can't breathe underwater.

I shall consider these tropes and memes when writing the review to ensure my facts are right.