Literature
Here the brute Harpies make their nest, the same
Who from the Strophades the Trojan band
Drove with dire boding of their future woe.
Broad are their pennons, of the human form
Their neck and count'nance, arm'd with talons keen
The feet, and the huge belly fledge with wings
These sit and wail on the drear mystic wood.
Who from the Strophades the Trojan band
Drove with dire boding of their future woe.
Broad are their pennons, of the human form
Their neck and count'nance, arm'd with talons keen
The feet, and the huge belly fledge with wings
These sit and wail on the drear mystic wood.
—The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto XIII
Tabletop Games
"I've heard tales o' their entrancing beauty. Sure'n what sailor has not? They dance among the winds ranging o'er strange isles that appear on no map, their beautiful voices calling honest sailors to forsake their shipmates and swim out to join them. Join them they do, I reckon, when they drown or get dashed to pieces on the sharp waiting rocks. Either way, they're meat for the Harpies. When you hear strange sounds at sea lads, stuff yer ears with cotton or wax and heed not the Harpy's song, for there's nothing but death in it for ye."
—Edgar, Ship's Mate, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Old World Bestiary — A Compendium of Creatures Fair and Foul
"They are gorgeous, are they not? I suspect that they are indeed the favoured daughters of Khaine. For myself, I cannot speak to their connection with the Witch Elves, but I can tell you with certainty that they are not mere beasts. I once saw a flock of Harpies torment a sailor for several hours, savouring his terror and pain before they finally ripped him to pieces in an orgy of blood. A beast cannot delay its pleasures in such fashion."
—Lakroth Mal, Druchii Corsair, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay: Old World Bestiary — A Compendium of Creatures Fair and Foul
Video Games
"There, master! Harpy!"
— Pawns, Dragon's Dogma
"Harpies will snatch you and fly!"
— Pawns, Dragon's Dogma
"Be wary of Harpies' song!"
— Pawns, Dragon's Dogma
