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As O Brother, Where Art Thou? is an offbeat retelling of the Greek myth, The Odyssey, there are bound to be sirens, albeit in a different form. The sirens, in this case, don't have their half-fish bodies, unlike their Greek mythological counterparts. Instead, they just appear as mortal women who wish to seduce the film's three protagonists and rob them.
While the modern perception of mermaids places them as benevolent aquatic creatures, sirens have endured as evil beings with a constant lust for blood. Over the years, several fantasy and adventure films have depicted sirens as murderous mermaids or sea nymphs, including blockbusters like Pirates Of The Caribbean, along with internationally-acclaimed horrors like The Lure.
The Polish musical, The Lure, revolves around mermaid sisters Golden and Silver as they enter the world of humans as singers in a nightclub. While Silver is warmer in her behavior, Golden is highly suspicious of the men around her and is ready to murder them at a drop of a hat. [links]
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Exquemelin mentions that the turtles were killed whenever they appeared above the water with a kind of dart fixed at the end of a long pole. These instruments were superfluous when the animals went ashore to lay their eggs. In that case it was sufficient if two men turned the turtle on its back. Ships anchoring at these islands would divide the beach between them, so that each crew had sufficient space for the catching. Exquemelin claims that it was possible to turn at least 100 turtles within 400 meters and that they could be kept alive for a month on their backs, but this caused the fat to turn into slime and the meat becoming tasteless. Eventually the pirates probably took off the shells, which is hinted at in a violent entry about the killing of Spaniards by the indigenous white Indians. more
In several parts of America are found four distinct pieces of sea turtle. The first are so great, that they weigh two of three thousand pounds. The scales are so soft, that they may be cut with a knife. But these are not good to eat. The second sort is of an indifferent bigness and of a green colour; their scales are harder than the first, and of a very pleasant taste. Their flesh is very sweet, the fat green and pleasant and so prominent that when one has not eaten turtle meat for three or four weeks, it will drench your clothes in sweat and make your body feel heavy. The third is a little different in size from the second, only the head something bigger. It is called by the French cavana, and is not good meat. The fourth is named caret, being very like those of Europe. This sort keeps commonly among the rocks, whence they crawl out for their food, which is generally sea-apples; those other above feed on grass, which grows in the water on the sandy banks; these banks or shelves, for their pleasant green, resemble the delightful meadows of the United Provinces. Their eggs are almost like those of the crocodile, but without any shell, being only covered with a thin film; they are found in such prodigious quantities along the shores, that were they not frequently destroyed by birds, the sea would abound with turtles. (Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin, 1678, 52-53).
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The turtle research has already taken many unexpected turns, but that we would end up looking into pirates has been most surprising. Who would have thought that their accounts from the 17th century show detailed information about nature, next to – or even in – passages about horrendous attacks? Plundering and scientific inquiry apparently could go hand in hand. Fortunately for us, the pirates were also interested in green sea turtles.
O’Malley resumed her marauding after her release, but more trouble arrived in the early 1590s, when British authorities impounded her fleet. With nowhere else to turn, the 63-year-old buccaneer appealed directly to Queen Elizabeth I for assistance. During a famous royal audience in London, O’Malley portrayed herself as a tired and broken old woman and begged the Queen to return her ships, release one of her captured sons and allow her to retire in peace. The gambit worked, but it seems that “Granuaille” didn’t keep up her end of the bargain—records show that she and her sons continued pirating until her death in 1603. [links]
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Clew Bay, where O’Malley was based. (Credit: Universal History Archive/Getty Images) [links]
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Read only sailed with Calico Jack for a few months, but during that time she won a fearsome reputation. One of her most famous exploits came in October 1720, when she and Bonny fought like banshees during an attack by pirate-hunters. “If there’s a man among ye,” she supposedly screamed at the male buccaneers cowering below decks, “ye’ll come up and fight like the man ye are to be!” Despite Read’s heroics, she and the rest of Calico Jack’s crew were captured and charged with piracy. Read avoided execution by admitting she was “quick with child,” but she later came down with a fever and died in prison. here