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This half-woman half-bird is directly based on the later folklore about sirens. [2] [7] [8] She was usually portrayed wearing a crown or with a nimbus. [9] Sirin sang beautiful songs to the saints, foretelling future blisses. The bird was dangerous. Men who heard her would forget everything on earth, follow her, and ultimately die.
Kurangaituku is a supernatural being in Māori mythology who is part-woman and part-bird. [21] Lamassu from Mesopotamian mythology, a winged tutelary deity with a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings. Lei Gong, a Chinese thunder god often depicted as a bird man. [22] The second people of the world in Southern Sierra Miwok ...
She is also the sister of other birds from Slavic mythology, such as Rarog and Stratim. [1] According to folk tales, at the morning of the Apple Feast of the Saviour day, Sirin flies into the apple orchard and cries sadly. In the afternoon, the Alkonost flies to this place, beginning to rejoice and laugh.
Firebird - large bird with magically luminescent red- and yellow-hued feathers (sometimes used as a synonym of phoenix; see below) Fūjin; Gamayun; Gargoyle; Garuda; German; Gorgons - three sisters (Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa) with snakes for hair, sharp fangs, golden wings, and petrifying gazes. Griffin – An equine-eagle hybrid [1] Harpy ...
The leader of a race of mythical bird-women, the Harpy first battled Black Canary, Green Arrow and Green Lantern under the control of the Witch Queen; a Korugarian sorceress and sister of Sinestro. The Harpy later returned (in Action Comics #443 (January 1975)) as a member of the Anti-Justice League as Black Canary's counterpart, teaming up ...
A long time ago, the ruler of Persia, Khosrow Shah, disguises himself to mingle with his people to hear their thoughts.One night, he approaches a house where three sisters are talking; the eldest says she wants to marry the sultan's baker so she can eat all the best bread; the middle one wants to marry the sultan's cook so she can taste the most delicious dishes.
Kurangaituku is a part-woman part-bird supernatural being in Māori mythology as told by the iwi (tribes) of Te Arawa and Raukawa. Her name is sometimes spelled Kurungaituku . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She is sometimes described as an ogress or a witch , although some versions of the legend are sympathetic to her and present her as a nurturing ...
Amen Bird (morğ-e āmin): a mythical bird in Persian literature that flies continuously and fulfills people's wishes. [33] [34] Pari: a type of exquisite, winged fairy-like spirit ranking between angels and evil spirits. Reera, Rayra or Raira: was a beautiful supernatural female who was believed to have brought beauty to the Northern jungles ...