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This category is being considered for merging into Category:Mythological birds. This does not mean that any of the pages in the category will be deleted. They may, however, be recategorized.
The Sarimanok is the legendary bird that has become a ubiquitous symbol of Maranao art. It is depicted as a fowl with colorful wings and feathered tail, holding a fish on its beak or talons. The head is profusely decorated with scroll, leaf, and spiral motifs. It is said to be a symbol of good fortune. [2] [3] [4]
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 ...
There were reported elephant bird sightings at least in folklore memory as Étienne de Flacourt wrote in 1658. [8] Its egg, live or subfossilised , was known as early as 1420, when sailors to the Cape of Good Hope found eggs of the roc, according to a caption in the 1456 Fra Mauro map of the world, which says that the roc "carries away an ...
Mythological birds of prey. Birds of prey include species of bird that primarily hunt and feed on vertebrates that are large relative to the hunter. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mythological birds of prey .
Several versions of the Nachtkrapp exist. In most legends, the Nachtkrapp is described as a giant, nocturnal raven-like bird. In Norse mythology, the Nachtkrapp (Swedish: Nattramnen, Norwegian: Nattravnen) is depicted with no eyes which if looked into cause death. It is also depicted with holes in its wings which cause illness and disease if ...
Said to cast a human shadow until it kills a person, whereupon it begins casting its own shadow. The peryton is a fictional hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird . The peryton was invented by Jorge Luis Borges in his 1957 Book of Imaginary Beings , using the fictional device of a supposedly long-lost medieval ...
Legends of Chima: The Princess of the Eagle tribe Eva Snowy owl: Penguins of Madagascar: A female snowy owl who is North Winds intelligence analyst. Fagin Black vulture: War of the Birds: A sinister and sadistic male vulture who is responsible for killing other birds. In the last battle his dove slave betrayed him and he was incinerated. Friend ...