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Of all other living eagles, only the female harpy eagle has been credited with an average prey weight range that is comparably high and, at the species level, the crowned eagle's prey size from the latter study is the largest of any known for all extant accipitrids. [7]
] Her harpy-sisters were Aello and Celaeno, whereas other mentioned siblings were Iris, and possibly Arke [2] and Hydaspes. [3] In other accounts, Harpies were called the progeny of Typhoeus , father of these monsters, [ 4 ] or of Pontus (Sea) and Gaea (Earth) or of Poseidon , god of the sea.
A harpy in Ulisse Aldrovandi's Monstrorum Historia, Bologna, 1642. A medieval depiction of a harpy as a bird-woman. The most celebrated story in which the harpies play a part is that of King Phineus of Thrace, who was given the gift of prophecy by Zeus. Angry that Phineus gave away the god's secret plan, Zeus punished him by blinding him and ...
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The Harpy Celaeno (1902) by Mary Pownall, at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow. In Greek mythology, Celaeno (/ s ɪ ˈ l iː n oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Κελαινώ Kelaino, lit. 'the dark one', also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes Calaeno) referred to several different figures. Celaeno, one of the Pleiades.
Satyress is the female equivalent to satyrs. They are entirely an invention of post-Roman European artists, as the Greek satyrs were exclusively male and the closest there was to female counterparts were the nymphs , altogether different creatures who, however, were nature spirits or deities like the satyrs.
Female lutins are called lutines. Manticore – Creature with a man's head, a lion's body, bat wings, and a scorpion tail. Mermaid, merman – Women and men with the lower bodies of fish. Minotaur – A human with the head and sometimes legs of a bull. Moirai – Lesser trio of female deities assigned with deciding and weaving the fates of ...
Chareng, also called Uchek Langmeidong, a mythical creature from Meitei mythology that is part-human and part-hornbill, having an avian body and a human head. The Ekek from Philippine mythology is depicted as a humanoid with bird wings and a beak. Eos is often depicted as winged in art. [4] Eris (mythology) was depicted as winged in ancient ...