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Gao Yubao (Chinese: 高玉宝; Wade–Giles: Kao 1 Yü 4-pao 3; 6 April 1927 – 5 December 2019) was a Chinese writer, best known for his autobiographical novel Gao Yubao.The novel, based on his childhood under Japanese occupation, became highly influential in the People's Republic of China.
The flag of Wallonia features a red rooster Rooster on the coat of arms of Tomilino (Moscow Oblast, Russia) Today, the Gallic rooster is an emblem of France. The rooster is also an emblem of Wallonia and the Turkish city of Denizli. Among Roman deities, Priapus was sometimes represented as a cock, with its beak as a phallus and its wattles as ...
Rooster crowing Turkey calling Goose calling Duck calling Afrikaans: kloek kloek: koekeloekoe: kwaak: Albanian: kikiriki: glluglluk: gak-gak: mak-mak: Arabic: قرقر (qur qur), بق بق بيق (baq baq baiq) [ara 3] kuku-kookoo, kuku-reekoo, esku kookoo, صقاع (siqā`) [ara 3] كواك كواك (kwāk kwāk) [ara 4]
According to the eddic poem, Fjölsvinnsmál, Víðópnir or Víðófnir [ˈwiːðˌoːvnez̠] is a rooster that inhabits the crown of the world tree, variously represented as a falcon, sitting between the eyes of the cosmic eagle Hræsvelgr at the top of the tree of life, Mímameiðr (Mimi's Tree), a vast tree taken to be identical with the World Tree, Yggdrasil.
Chantecler is a gallic rooster (a traditional symbol of France) who secretly believes that his crowing causes the sun to rise. The play opens as several other animals are discussing the singing skills of the Blackbird, Rostand’s symbol of sophisticated cynicism and artistic naturalism.
In Norse mythology, Gullinkambi (Old Norse "golden comb" [1]) is a rooster who lives in Valhalla. In the Poetic Edda poem Völuspá, Gullinkambi is one of the three roosters whose crowing is foretold to signify the beginning of the events of Ragnarök. The other two roosters are Fjalar in the wood Gálgviðr, and an unnamed soot-red rooster in Hel:
There are two pilgrims, father and son. The son is accused, and the father pleads his innocence by calling on the rooster to crow. [3] The rooster crows as soon as the accused man declares it will, so the man is never taken to the gallows. The accused is not from Galicia.
It also utters high-pitched rooster-like crow “cor-cor-chow” at dawn, often from a tree-branch. The female gives some “kwikkuk, kwikkukkuk”. The male is more vocal during the breeding season with advertising calls and various sounds during displays, as well with female as with rivals and in territorial defence.