#anthemusa

[marigoldthefox]

Anthemusa!! (She/Crow/It) 🎶🐦‍⬛💜

Pose reference is here done by the wonderful @albanenechi

Please check out more of her art, there's a lotta good poses to use!!

[chacharhythm]

something i did lately

[stormyseas]

The Siren Creation Myth

Long ago, a great bird flew the skies above the human world, with cries so wonderful that any one who heard them would flock to its feet. This bird was Eyel, and was known as the God of Wishes. Eyel visited the lands of men and was told the wishes of everyone in each village. Then, with the many wishes in its large beak, Eyel would fly to its island and sort through the wishes, granting some and leaving others.

As time passed, Eyel noticed that the wishes of men grew more and more lewd. While the women continued to pray for happiness and peace, the men began to pray for women. Eyel would not stand for this, such immoral behavior and improper thoughts! Never did the God of Wishes grant a single wish for a woman by men, for Eyel knew the hearts of women to be fair and honest and the hearts of men to be easily corrupted and vile.

The men started to notice that the wishes of the girls were being granted just the same, but their own wishes were ignored. Angered, the men began hating Eyel, throwing rocks at the poor, magnificent bird and driving it away from their fields. Eyel, deeply hurt and frustrated by this injustice, tore off its beak and thrust it aside, deciding to never again grant a single wish. In despair, the bird thrust itself into the sea next to its island, and from there used its powers to create companions from the sand, coral and seaweed there.

Each companion the God made was female, and Eyel imparted upon each the wisdom of its experiences. This caused the women to hate desperately, yet long for, the men which were so cruel to their father. With this mix of feelings, the girls sang for the pleasure of Eyel, who had given them the power of the most beautiful song, hoping for sailors to pass by their lonely island and crash upon their shores. However strong the song was, and no matter how many men ended up on the beaches, none survived long, for Eyel allowed the women on the island to flourish but gave no sustenance to those otherwise. These visitors would starve, for they would not dream of leaving this lovely place; like a wish come true.

After many long years, the Sirens, as they were called, began to breed. Their long lives, upward of a hundred years, allowed them much time to create children from the same sand, coral and seaweed that Eyel used on that fateful day. Each Siren had her very own seducing song; they sang together as they bathed in streams and played in the field. Eyel sat at the top of the mountain, watching the suffering of man and gracing his children with sustenance and good will.

            The Sirens were able to choose names for themselves, and were taught speech and the ways of their island, Anthemusa. It is said that if any man was able to escape the siren’s song that death would come to that siren, but because no man has ever left Anthemusa alive, there is no saying for certain.