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Fenghuang are mythological birds featuring in traditions throughout the Sinosphere. Fenghuang are understood to reign over all other birds: males and females were originally termed feng and huang respectively, but a gender distinction is typically no longer made, and fenghuang are generally considered a feminine entity to be paired with the traditionally masculine Chinese dragon.
Huma bird in the Emblem of Uzbekistan The Emblem of Uzbekistan represents the Huma bird. Herman Melville briefly alludes to the bird in Moby-Dick. At the beginning of the chapter entitled "The Tail", the narrator speaks of "the bird that never alights." It provides the title of Bird's Shadow, a collection of short stories by Ivan Bunin.
Pamola – bird/moose spirit who causes cold weather; Paskunji (Georgian/ Caucasus) phoenix like underworld dwelling bird. Kills the snakes on the path to the afterlife & aid heroes on quests. Peng – an enormous bird transformed from a giant fish which flies over the great oceans (China) Phoenix –
The phoenix is an immortal bird that cyclically regenerates or is otherwise born again. Originating in Greek mythology , it has analogs in many cultures, such as Egyptian and Persian mythology . Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by rising from the ashes of its predecessor.
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 ...
After Jackie's current mate, Shadow, came on the scene (he chased away Mr. B!), their chick, Simba, fledged in 2019, followed in 2022 by Spirit, who became the title character of a children’s book.
Said to cast a human shadow until it kills a person, whereupon it begins casting its own shadow. The peryton is a mythological hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird . The peryton was invented by Jorge Luis Borges in his 1957 Book of Imaginary Beings , using the fictional device of a supposedly long-lost medieval ...
Galura – In Higaonon myth a gigantic bird that holds the sky using its talons. Its huge wings cause strong winds that act as a buffer to the mortal world. [60] A different bird with the same name is present in Kapampangan mythology, where it is the winged assistant of the god Aring Sinukuan.