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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 ...
Alkonost from Russian mythology, a bird with a woman's head. Almost all of the Anemoi (Boreas, Eurus, Zephyrus, Notus, etc.), most prominently in their depiction on the Tower of the Winds. Angels in all Abrahamic religions, most prominently in artistic depictions. Anzû from Mesopotamian mythology, either a lesser divinity or a monster.
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Fee - A Harpy that was born in Typhoon's cloud castle. Fie - A Harpy that was born in Typhoon's cloud castle. Foe-Fum - A Harpy that was born in Typhoon's cloud castle. Hydra - A Polycephaly serpent that is said to be spawned from the "Infernal Regions." The Lernaean Hydra is the daughter of Echidna and Typhon. She was killed by Hercules and ...
Homeros and Hesiodos records include the name Siren. At first, only the head was human, and the body was drawn as a bird, but gradually the entire upper body was depicted as a beautiful woman with musical instruments. Sirens were thought to seduce the sailors with a very sweet sound and sink their ships. In Virgil's "Aeneid", the name "Harpy ...
] 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.
Harpy, a half-human half-bird mythological creature from the Greek mythology that resembles the kinnara; Siren, another mythological creature also from the Greek mythology that resembles the kinnara and the Harpy; Swan maiden and related tales of a mortal man who falls in love with a magical bird-woman, such as Prince Sudhana and Manohara
The werejaguar can also be represented as a harpy eagle. Peter Furst argues that the werejaguar's equivalent in the sky is the harpy eagle. Both are powerful creatures associated with ancient Olmec shamanic transformation. Furst makes this conclusion based upon iconographic evidence and the fact that harpy eagles are also apex predators. [27]