Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
This is a list of people who are notable as harpists, ordered by the first letter of their family name. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
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.
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 ...
Kuk – Kuk's male form has a frog head while his female form has a snake head. Meretseger – The cobra-headed Egyptian Goddess. Sirin – Half-bird, half-human creature with the head and chest of a woman from Russian folklore; its bird half is generally that of an owl's body. Sobek – The crocodile-headed Egyptian God.
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]
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