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Alicanto – bird with luminescent feathers which feeds on gold or silver [1] Anqa – large mysterious or fabulous female bird; Anzû (Mesopotamian) – massive bird who can breathe fire and water; Bare-fronted Hoodwink – bird with the ability to be "almost seen" Bird People. Alkonost – female with body of a bird
Abaia is a huge, magical eel in Melanesian mythology. [1] According to Melanesian mythology the Abaia is a type of large eel which dwells at the bottom of freshwater lakes in the Fiji, Solomon and Vanuatu Islands. The beast is said to consider all creatures in the lake its children and protects them furiously against anyone who would harm or ...
The Chinese huli jing and the Japanese kitsune have both been described as "fox fairies". Kodama - diminutive tree spirits of Japanese folklore. Mogwai are, according to Chinese tradition, a breed of fairy-folk who possess great powers, which they often use to inflict harm on humans.
A viable bird egg (as opposed to a non-viable egg: see addled eggs) consists of a number of structures. The eggshell is 95–97% calcium carbonate crystals, at least in chickens, stabilized by a protein matrix, [ 163 ] [ 164 ] [ 165 ] without which the crystalline structure would be too brittle to keep its form; the organic matrix is thought to ...
An ala or hala (plural: ale or hali) is a female mythological creature recorded in the folklore of Bulgarians, Macedonians, and Serbs.Ale are considered demons of bad weather whose main purpose is to lead hail-producing thunderclouds in the direction of fields, vineyards, or orchards to destroy the crops, or loot and take them away.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. This list of fictional birds is subsidiary to the list of fictional animals. Ducks, penguins and birds of prey are not included here, and are listed separately at list of fictional ducks, list of fictional penguins, and list of fictional birds of prey. For non-fictional birds see List of ...
Lambino - Male fairies, and minor spirits of nature [74] Manaul – In some Tagalog accounts, Manaul pecked the bamboo from which the first humans sprang. In other accounts, the bird was Amihan, deity of peace. [75] In Bisaya mythology, a different bird with the same name was the horrible king of the birds who fought the wind deity Tubluck Laui.
They typically lay a single egg, and they use the nesting site year after year. Some species, such as the Uria guillemots (murres), nest in large colonies on cliff edges; others, such as the Cepphus guillemots, breed in small groups on rocky coasts; and the puffins , auklets, and some murrelets nest in burrows.