Quickly, tales of women with bodies that were half fish spread from port to port. The legend of the mermaid was born. Giant squid and octopus were turned into stories of giant fire breathing serpents, or dragons. The siren falls somewhere between a mermaid and a bird. Legend tells of a half bird, half women, who would sit on the edge of rocky shores, singing sweetly to sailors, calling them into their deaths against the rocks.
Wind whipping against the rocks and in and out of seaside caves can cause many strange sounds.
To sailors, who knew nothing of this, they were sure they were listening to a sweetheart singing to them, and only someone with wings could escape the rocks that fast. From this, the legend of the siren grew. The Minotaur was supposedly half man, half bull. The legs and lower torso of a human man topped with a bull s head and upper legs, would indeed be a mighty creature. This, along with many of the other ancient Greek myths, can only leave us in wonder of how they came to be portrayed.