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List Of Avian Humanoids
Avian humanoids (people with the characteristics of birds) are a common motif (literature), motif in folklore and popular fiction, mainly found in Greek mythology, Greek, Roman mythology, Roman, Meitei mythology, Meitei, Hindu mythology, Hindu, Persian mythology, etc. Folklore * Alkonost from Russian mythology, a bird with a woman's head. * Almost all of the Anemoi (Boreas (god), 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. * Arke, Iris' sister who had wings said to be iridescent. * Ancient Egyptian concept of the soul, Ba, the part of a human's soul that roughly represents its personality, depicted as a bird with a human head. * Boreads, Calais and Zetes, the sons of the North Wind Boreas. * Uchek Langmeidong, Chareng, also called Uchek Langmeidong, a mythical creature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zephyrus
In Greek mythology and religion, Zephyrus () (), also spelled in English as Zephyr (), is the god and personification of the West wind, one of the several wind gods, the Anemoi. The son of Eos (the goddess of the dawn) and Astraeus, Zephyrus is the most gentle and favourable of the winds, associated with flowers, springtime and even procreation. In myths, he is presented as the tender breeze, known for his unrequited love for the Spartan prince Hyacinthus. Alongside Boreas, the two are the most prominent wind gods with relatively limited roles in recorded mythology. Zephyrus, similarly to his brothers, received a cult during ancient times although his worship was minor compared to the Twelve Olympians. Still, traces of it are found in Classical Athens and surrounding regions and city-states, where it was usually joint with the cults of the other wind gods. His equivalent in Roman mythology is the god Favonius. Etymology The ancient Greek noun is the word for the wind that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekek
In Philippine mythology, Ekek (or Ek Ek) are birdlike human creatures. They are winged-humans who search for victims at night. They hunger for flesh and blood. They are usually described as flying creatures that look like the ''Manananggal'', but are unable to divide or split their body in the way that the Manananggal does. The Ekek is also associated with the '' Wak Wak'' because of some similar characteristics. The only difference between a ''Wak Wak'' and ''Ekek'' is that ''Ekek'' has a birdlike bill Bill(s) may refer to: Common meanings * Banknote, paper cash (especially in the United States) * Bill (law), a proposed law put before a legislature * Invoice, commercial document issued by a seller to a buyer * Bill, a bird or animal's beak Pl ... whereas the ''Wak Wak'' has none. The ''Ekek'' can transform into a huge bird or bat at night to prowl. Similar to the Manananggal, the ''Ekek'' looks for sleeping pregnant women. Then it extends a very long proboscis into the womb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hornbill
Hornbills are birds found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia of the family Bucerotidae. They are characterized by a long, down-curved bill which is frequently brightly coloured and sometimes has a horny casque on the upper mandible. Hornbills have a two-lobed kidney. They are the only birds in which the first and second neck vertebrae (the atlas and axis respectively) are fused together; this probably provides a more stable platform for carrying the bill. The family is omnivorous, feeding on fruit and small animals. They are monogamous breeders nesting in natural cavities in trees and sometimes cliffs. A number of mainly insular species of hornbill with small ranges are threatened with extinction, mainly in Southeast Asia. In the Neotropical realm, toucans occupy the hornbills' ecological niche, an example of convergent evolution. Despite their close appearances, the two groups are not very closely related, with toucans being allied with the woodpeckers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uchek Langmeidong
The story of Uchek Langmeitong (Uchek Langmeidong) or Chekla Langmeitong (Chekla Langmeidong) is a Meitei folktale of Ancient Kangleipak (early Manipur). It is the story of a girl named "Hayainu" (alias ''Nongdam Atombi'') who turned herself into a as she was unable to suffer the ill treatments of her cruel stepmother. Etymology In Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language), "Uchek" (ꯎꯆꯦꯛ, /u.cek/) means "bird". ''Langmeiton'' (ꯂꯥꯡꯃꯩꯇꯣꯟ, /laŋ.məi.ton/)(or ''Langmeitong'' or ''Langmeidong'') is the Meitei language word for any species of Buceros (Hornbill). Chekla (ꯆꯦꯛꯂꯥ, /cek.la/) is another Meitei language word for "bird". The term "Chekla" is not commonly used in everyday speech. Story Hayainu's mother had died when Hayainu was a young girl. Hayainu's father married again. So, Hayainu lived with her father, stepmother, and stepbrother (''stepbrother'' is absent in some versions of the story). Her father loved her but her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boreads
The Boreads () are the two "wind brothers" in Greek mythology. They consist of Zetes (also Zethes) () and Calaïs (). Their place of origin was Thrace, home of their father Boreas (god), Boreas (the North wind). Description Zetes and Calais were credited with very delicate and graceful hair, which was said to give them the ability to fly (though in some tales they have wings). They had great pride in who had the longest curls between the two of them and by boasting about these locks, they were uplifted.John Tzetzes, Tzetzes, ''Chiliades'1.7 lines 210-213/ref> They had dusky wings which gleamed with golden scales.Apollonius Rhodius/ref> Family The Boreads were the twin sons of Boreas (god), Boreas and Oreithyia, daughter of King Erechtheus of Athens. They were the brothers of Chione (daughter of Boreas), Chione and Cleopatra (Greek myth), Cleopatra, wife of Phineus; king of Thrace. Mythology Due to being sons of the north wind they were supernaturally gifted in different wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Egyptian Concept Of The Soul
The ancient Egyptians believed that a soul ( kꜣ and bꜣ; Egypt. pron. ka/ba) was made up of many parts. In addition to these components of the soul, there was the human body (called the ''ḥꜥ'', occasionally a plural '' ḥꜥw'', meaning approximately "sum of bodily parts"). According to ancient Egyptian creation myths, the god Atum created the world out of chaos, utilizing his own magic ( ḥkꜣ). Because the earth was created with magic, Egyptians believed that the world was imbued with magic and so was every living thing upon it. When humans were created, that magic took the form of the soul, an eternal force which resided in and with every human. The concept of the soul and the parts which encompass it has varied from the Old Kingdom to the New Kingdom, at times changing from one dynasty to another, from five parts to more. Most ancient Egyptian funerary texts reference numerous parts of the soul: Collectively, these spirits of a dead person were called the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ptolemy Hephaestion
Ptolemy Chennus or Chennos ("quail") ( ''Ptolemaios Chennos''), was an Alexandrine grammarian during the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian. According to the ''Suda The ''Suda'' or ''Souda'' (; ; ) is a large 10th-century Byzantine Empire, Byzantine encyclopedia of the History of the Mediterranean region, ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas () or Souidas (). It is an ...'', he was the author of an historical drama named ''Sphinx'', of an epic, ''Anthomeros'', in 24 books (both lost) and a ''Strange History''. The last is probably identical with the ''New History'' in six books ascribed by Photius to Ptolemy Hephaestion, of which a summary outline has been preserved in Photius' ''Biblioteca'' (cod. 190), who observed sarcastically of its credulous author that he found it "a work really useful for those who undertake to attempt erudition in history," for "it abounds in extraordinary and badly imagined information." Photius goes on to say, "In a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arke
In Greek mythology, Arke or Arce () is one of the daughters of Thaumas, and sister to the rainbow goddess Iris. During the Titanomachy, Arke fled from the Olympians' camp and joined the Titans, unlike Iris who remained loyal to Zeus and his allies. After the war was over and the Titans with their allies were defeated, Zeus cut off her wings and cast Arke into Tartarus to be kept imprisoned for all eternity. Family and attributes The goddess Arke was born to Thaumas, a minor god; no mother of hers is mentioned anywhere. She and her sister Iris were both messenger deities; Iris is notably also the goddess of the rainbow, but unlike her Arke has not got any established connection to rainbows. Like Iris however Arke also sported wings which might be a nod to some primeval force or element she represented, but it is not clear what that would be. Mythology During the divine war known as the Titanomachy, Arke and Iris originally sided with the Olympian gods, but soon after Arke bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesopotamian Mythology
Mesopotamian mythology refers to the myths, religious texts, and other literature that comes from the region of ancient Mesopotamia which is a historical region of Western Asia, situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system that occupies the area of present-day Iraq. In particular the societies of Sumer, Akkad, and Assyria, all of which existed shortly after 3000 BCE and were mostly gone by 400 CE. These works were primarily preserved on stone or clay tablets and were written in cuneiform by scribes. Several lengthy pieces have survived erosion and time, some of which are considered the oldest stories in the world, and have given historians insight into Mesopotamian ideology and cosmology. Creation myths There are many different accounts of the creation of the earth from the Mesopotamian region. This is because of the many different cultures in the area and the shifts in narratives that are common in ancient cultures due to their reliance on word of mouth to transmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anzû
Anzû, also known as dZû and Imdugud ( Sumerian: '' ''), is a demon in several Mesopotamian religions. He was conceived by the cosmic freshwater ocean '' Abzu'' and mother Earth ''Mami'', or as son of Siris. In Babylonian myths Anzû was depicted as a massive bird - also as an eagle with lion head - who can breathe fire and water. This narrative seems to refer to much earlier Sumerian myths, in which he appears as a half-human storm bird who stole the tablet of destiny, challenging Enlil's power over his organisation of different gods that provided Mesopotamia with agriculture (cf. the Flood epic Athrahasis). Stephanie Dalley, in ''Myths from Mesopotamia'', writes that the Epic of Anzu ''itself'' "is principally known in two versions: an Old Babylonian version of the early second millennium C giving the hero as Ningirsu; and 'The Standard Babylonian' version, dating to the first millennium BC, which appears to be the most quoted version, with the hero as Ninurta". However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abrahamic Religions
The term Abrahamic religions is used to group together monotheistic religions revering the Biblical figure Abraham, namely Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The religions share doctrinal, historical, and geographic overlap that contrasts them with Indian religions, Iranian religions, and East Asian religions. The term has been introduced in the 20th century and superseded the term Judeo-Christianity, Judeo-Christian tradition for the inclusion of Islam. However, the categorization has been criticized by some for oversimplification of different cultural and doctrinal nuances. For example, Islam shares cultural and doctrinal exchange from Asian religions, which Abrahamic religions are usually contrasted with. Usage The term ''Abrahamic religions'' (and its variations) is a collective religious descriptor for elements shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It features prominently in interfaith dialogue and political discourse but also has entered Academic discourse socializati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
