Iwo engano maSireni

In the ngano dzechiGiriki mermaids ivo vaive vanhu vane musoro uye torso yemukadzi, vamwe vese vaine muswe wehove (zvekare vaimbova hafu hadzi nehafu shiri).
Sairini vakaroya vafambisi vengarava vaipfuura nenziyo yavo, vakapunzika nechikepe nekunzwa izwi ravo, vakatevera chaiko kwavaive ndokumhanyira pasi.
Mune ngano ye Jason neArgonauts, vafambisi vechikepe nezwi rake vaizopunzika nechikepe, asi kungwara kwaOrpheus kwakavaponesa.
Orpheus nerwiyo rwake rwakanaka akafukidza izwi rema siren, maArgonauts ake akaenderera mberi vachiita mabasa avo, havana kuteerera ma sireni, zvikasadaro vangadai vakamhanya nepasi pavaigara. Pakukundwa naOrpheus, dzimwe shanduro dzinoti mermaid yakashanduka kuita dombo, vamwe vanoti vakasvetukira mugungwa kuti vafe.
En Odyssey mermaid nenziyo yavo yakanaka varipowo. Ulysses, achiziva kunaka kwerwiyo rwema sireni, paakaenda kupfuura, akagadzirira vashandi, akavhara nzeve dzavo newax, kuti varege kunzwa. Ulysses aida kunzwa rwiyo runonakidza rwemasirenzi, asi haana kuda kusvetukira mugungwa achienda kwavari, kana kuenda nechikepe chake ipapo. Nekuda kweizvi aive akazvisungirira pachisimiro, kuti akwanise kuvateerera kwete kuenda kwavari.
Mu "One Chiuru neUmwe Husiku", mermaid vanodanwawo sevanhu vekunaka kusinganzwisisike, akavatumidza sevanasikana vegungwa, vane vhudzi refu rakagwinha, semafungu egungwa. Nemusoro uye torso yemukadzi uye kubva kuguvhu muswe wehove wakatanga wavakatama kubva kune rumwe rutivi kuenda kune rumwe. Vakanga vane mazwi anotapira uye kunyemwerera kunofadza.