710.
Bowen
(Charles): Varia: I. Notes on the Middle Irish word for ‘mermaid’.
In
Ériu 29
(1978), pp. 142–148.
Múrdúchann
originally a compound meaning ‘sea-music’, ‘sea-chanting’ designated a fabulous menace at sea; during the MIr. period translators adopted
múrdúchann
as an equivalent for Lat.
Siren
; word applies exclusively to creatures of the female sex.
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Words/Proper Names:
múrdúchann
siren (Lat.)