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  2. Language of the birds - Wikipedia

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    Within Sufism, the language of birds is a mystical divine language. The Conference of the Birds is a mystical poem of 4647 verses by the 12th century Persian poet Attar of Nishapur. [7] In the Jerusalem Talmud, Solomon's proverbial wisdom was due to his being granted understanding of the language of birds by God. [8]

  3. Hræsvelgr - Wikipedia

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    He is called Hræsvelg, who sits at heaven’s end, a giant, in the shape of an eagle; from his wings they say the wind comes over all people.

  4. The Windhover - Wikipedia

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    The name refers to the bird's ability to hover in midair while hunting prey. In the poem, the narrator admires the bird as it hovers in the air, suggesting that it controls the wind as a man may control a horse. The bird then suddenly swoops downwards and "rebuffed the big wind". The bird can be viewed as a metaphor for Christ or of divine ...

  5. List of wind deities - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu wind god, Vayu. A wind god is a god who controls the wind(s). Air deities may also be considered here as wind is nothing more than moving air. Many polytheistic religions have one or more wind gods. They may also have a separate air god or a wind god may double as an air god. Many wind gods are also linked with one of the four seasons.

  6. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it ...

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    The definition of sound, simplified, is a hearable noise. The tree will make a sound, even if nobody heard it, simply because it could have been heard. The answer to this question depends on the definition of sound. We can define sound as our perception of air vibrations. Therefore, sound does not exist if we do not hear it.

  7. Wind industry faces questions about turbines killing birds - AOL

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    The Audubon Society, a national bird conservation organization, also said, in a 2020 report, in which they put the bird kills at 140,000 to 500,000 per year across the country, that it, "Strongly ...

  8. List of avian humanoids - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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