Stymphalian birds – man-eating birds (Greek).Strix – owl that ate human flesh (Greek).Sirin – birds with women heads, lured men to their death (Russia, Greek).Rain Bird – bird who brought rain (Native American).Qingniao - blue or green messenger birds of the Queen Mother of the West (China).Piasa – Enormous bird outside of Alton Illinois, memorialized on rock painting last reported sighting 1973 when the bird carried off two children.Peng (mythology) - an enormous bird transformed from a giant fish which flies over the great oceans (China).Pamola – bird/ moose spirit who causes cold weather ( Abenaki).Owlman – compared to America's Mothman (England).Oozlum bird – (Australian and British folk tales).Nyctimene (Roman)- Transformed into an owl by Minerva.Nine-headed Bird - a totem creature, predecessor to the Fenghuang (China).Minokawa – Giant, Dragon-like bird in Philippines (Philippines).Luan (mythology) - a bird which carries a shield and tramples on snakes while wearing one on its breast (China).Kalavinka - a fantastical immortal creature in Buddhism, with a human head and a bird's torso and long flowing tail.Jingwei - a bird who is determined to fill up the sea (China).Itsumade – monstrous bird with a human face (Japan).Hugin and Munin – two ravens that serve as messengers (Norse mythology).Hræsvelgr – giant who takes the form of an eagle (Norse mythology).Hippogriff – winged horse with the head and upper body of an eagle (French, England).Harpy – ugly winged bird woman, steals food (Greek).Griffin – guards treasure and priceless possessions (Greek).Garuda – known as the primordial bird and the progenitor of all birds vehicle of Lord Vishnu (Hindu, Buddhist).Gamayun – prophetic bird with woman's head (Russian).Gandabherunda – two-headed magical bird (Hindu).Fenghuang – a phoenix who reigns over all other birds (China).Devil Bird – shrieks predicting death (Sri Lankan).Cinnamon bird – builds nests out of cinnamon (Arabia).Chol ( Biblical mythology) – regenerative bird.Chamrosh – body of a dog, head & wings of a bird (Persian Myth).Chalkydri – heavenly creatures of the Sun ( apocryphal writings).Caladrius – white bird with healing powers (Roman).Bennu – self-creating deity, Phoenix (Egyptian).Anzû – massive bird who can breathe fire and water (Sumerian).Anqa – large mysterious or fabulous female bird in Arabian mythology.Alicanto – bird with luminescent feathers which feeds on gold or silver (Chilean).Alkonost – female with body of a bird (Russian).Adarna – has healing powers, put people to sleep, and turn people into stone (Philippines).Vetala (Hindu)- Vampiric entity that takes over cadavers.Minyades (Greek)- Three sisters who refused to take part in the worship of Dionysus, and turned into bats by Hermes.Gold-digging ant – reported by Herodotus to live in either Ethiopia or Indian subcontinent.Selket ( Ancient Egyptian) – scorpion death/healing goddess.Scorpion man ( Babylonian) – protector of travellers.Pabilsag ( Babylonian) – Sagittarius-like creature with scorpion tail.Mothman ( American cryptid) – man with moth wings and features.Jorōgumo ( Japanese) – ghost woman who shapeshifts into a spider.Myrmidons ( Greek) – warriors created from ants by Zeus.Tsuchigumo ( Japanese) – shapeshifting giant spider.Khepri ( Ancient Egyptian) – beetle who pushes the sun.Arachne ( Greek) – weaver cursed into a spider.Anansi ( West African) – trickster spider. ![]()
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