Kwakiutl mythology
Magyar mythology
- Turul - a large falcon that helped shape the origins of the Magyars.
Mayan mythology
Mexican
Native American mythology
- Pisia
- Firebird
- Raven - representative spirit of actual ravens, and often depicted as a trickster or culture hero figure, even as the creator of human beings.
- Thunderbird - an enormous bird that causes thunder and stirs the wind from the beating of its wings.
Norse mythology
- Habrok - the "best" hawk.
- Hraesvelg - a giant, who in eagle from, creates the wind by beating his wings.
- Hugin and Munin (Thought and Memory) - a pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin.
- Vedrfolnir - a hawk sitting between the eyes of an eagle in the crown of Yggdrasill, the World Tree.
Persian mythology
- Chamrosh - a bird said to live on the summit of Mount Alborz and is the archetype of all birds, said to rule and protect all birds.
- Roc - an enormous mythical bird of prey, often white, reputed to have been able to carry off and eat elephants.
- Simurgh - a gigantic, benevolent, mythical flying creature, often part dog or human.
Russian mythology
- Alkonost - a bird of paradise with the body of a bird and the face of a woman, a derivative of Alcyone.
- Gamayun - a prophetic bird that lives on an island in the east, close to paradise. It is a symbol of wisdom and knowledge and is a large bird with a woman\'s head.
- Sirin - a mythological creature with the head and chest of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird (usually an owl). Men who heard their songs would forget everything on earth, follow them, and ultimately die. Related to Sirens.
- Zhar-Ptitsa (Жар-Птица) - a magical glowing firebird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and bringer of doom to its captor.
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