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The liver bird. The liver bird (/ ˈ l aɪ v ər b ɜːr d / LY-vər-burd) is a mythical creature that is the symbol of the English city of Liverpool.It is normally represented as a cormorant, and appears as such on the city's arms, in which it bears a branch of laver seaweed in its beak as a further pun on the name "Liverpool".
The Royal Liver Building is one of the most recognisable landmarks in the city of Liverpool with its two fabled Liver Birds, which watch over the city and the sea. Legend has it that if the two birds were to fly away, the city would cease to exist. The Liver Birds are 5.5 m (18 ft) tall.
"Variants of legends containing the Prometheus motif are widespread in the Caucasus" region, reports Hunt, [64] who gave ten stories related to Prometheus from ethno-linguistic groups in the region. Prometheus finally makes an appearance in Athenian playwright Aristophanes 's comedy The Birds , where he is seen living on Mount Olympus after the ...
The Liverpool badge is based on the city's liver bird symbol, which in the past had been placed inside a shield. In 1977, a red liver bird standing on a football (blazoned as "Statant upon a football a Liver Bird wings elevated and addorsed holding in the beak a piece of seaweed gules") was granted as a heraldic badge by the College of Arms to ...
Bartels (3rd from right), around the turn of the century. Carl Bernard Bartels (1866 – 1955) was a sculptor.. Bartels, a wood carver from Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, moved to Britain after visiting the country during his honeymoon in 1887.
These tiny and beautiful birds are considered a delicacy in France, but when their population declined to threateningly low numbers in 1999, their hunting and consumption was banned in France.
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John Legend and Chrissy Teigen revealed they have a pet bird living at their house. The backstory is heartbreaking. John Legend shares heartbreaking backstory behind pet bird living at their house