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to mid-eighth century), which described sirens as "sea girls" marina}} whose beauty in form and sweet song allure seafarers, but beneath the human head and torso, have the scaly tail-end of a fish with which they can navigate the sea."Sirens are mermaids" (Old High German/Early ) may be suggested in the aforementioned Old German Physiologus (eleventh century).The Middle English bestiary (mid-13th century) clearly means "mermaid" when it explains the siren to be a mereman, stating that she has

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