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The symbolic association of peacock feathers with the wings of angels led to the belief that the waving of such liturgical fans resulted in an automated emission of prayers. This affinity between peacocks' and angels' feathers was also expressed in other artistic media, including paintings of angels with peacock feather wings [58]
The Indian peacock feathers are used in many rituals and ornamentation and its motifs are widespread in architecture, coinage, textiles and modern items of art and utility. [31] Indian peacock motifs are widely used even today such as in the logos of the NBC television network and the Sri Lankan Airlines. [101] [102]
Another story has Indra who after being cursed with a thousand ulcers was transformed into a peacock with a thousand eyes. The thousand eyes refer to the eyespots on the feathers. [2] Kartikeya is generally depicted with a mayura and the mayura also serves as his conveyance. The mayura named Paravani serves as the conveyance of the god Kartikeya.
Initially, he is shimmering his iridescent feathers in a frontal display. Studies using high-speed video cameras have revealed that they rattle their feathers 25 times a second. The biomechanics ...
Iris (mythology) was said to have golden wings, [16] [17] with "golden-winged" being one of her epithets, and was often depicted in art as having wings. [ 18 ] Isis and her sister Nephthys were ancient Egyptian goddesses commonly depicted with kite (bird) heads or wings attached to their arms.
The radiating feathers of the peacock’s tail, revealed when it unfurls them in circular display, are held to symbolise the rays of the sun, bestowing their life-giving light each day at dawn. [13] It is therefore considered a sacred bird, which Yazidis are expressly forbidden to hunt, eat, curse or ill-treat in any way.
In India, feathers of the Indian peacock have been used in traditional medicine for snakebite, infertility, and coughs. [ 60 ] [ 61 ] Members of Scotland's Clan Campbell are known to wear feathers on their bonnets to signify authority within the clan.
According to a recently published study, scientists have discovered a new species of bird-like dinosaur, which New velociraptor relative discovered -- and it has wings, feathers Skip to main content