![]() ![]() The word comes from the sirens of Greek mythology: beautiful bird-women, dangerous and desirable, feared for their fatal beauty yet propitiated for their oracular wisdom. The Sweet of Bitter Bark and Burning CloveĪ Biography of Terri Windling IntroductionĪ SIREN, ACCORDING TO the Oxford English Dictionary and modern usage of the term, is a woman with an irresistible allure, dangerous to men. This book is for Robert Gould and Jamie Webb, with love on a very magical occasion, November, 1997. ![]() Thanks also to our agent Merrilee Heifetz, and our editor John Douglas. Thanks are due to Tappan King & Beth Meacham (who may not even remember inspiring the idea for this book many years ago), and to the folks who generously provided research material for the introduction: Ellen Steiber, Alan Lee, Brian & Wendy Froud, and Alice Scott. ![]()
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