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The symbolism was adopted by early Christianity, thus many early Christian paintings and mosaics show the peacock. [51] The peacock is still used in the Easter season, especially in the east. The "eyes" in the peacock's tail feathers can symbolise the all-seeing Christian God, [52] the Church, [53] or angelic wisdom. [54]
Initially, he is shimmering his iridescent feathers in a frontal display. Studies using high-speed video cameras have revealed that they rattle their feathers 25 times a second. The biomechanics ...
The Indian peacock feathers are used in many rituals and ornamentation and its motifs are widespread in architecture, coinage, textiles and modern items of art and utility. [31] Indian peacock motifs are widely used even today such as in the logos of the NBC television network and the Sri Lankan Airlines .
The radiating feathers of the peacock’s tail, revealed when it unfurls them in circular display, are held to symbolise the rays of the sun, bestowing their life-giving light each day at dawn. [13] It is therefore considered a sacred bird, which Yazidis are expressly forbidden to hunt, eat, curse or ill-treat in any way.
Hundun - A Creature with the body of a pig, the legs of a lion or bear and four wings of a bird, with no head. Kappa - A Japanese humanoid creature with the legs of a frog and the head and shell of a turtle. Lamassu – A deity that is often depicted with a human head, a bull's body or lion's body, and an eagle's wings.
Sri Chanda Bhairavar, one of the Ashta Bhairava ("Eight Bhairavas"); whose mount is a peacock. Vikata (Vikaṭa) ("unusual form", "misshapen"), an avatar of Ganesha, whose mount is a peacock (in the Mudgala Purana). In general, feathers of mayura are considered sacred and are used to dust the religious images and implements of Hindus.
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Long crest feathers are sometimes called quill feathers. [119] Also defined: recumbent crests and recursive crests. A type of semiplume feather with a long rachis with barbs on either side, that often presents as a prominent tuft on the crown and (or through) the neck and upper back.