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The peryton is a mythological hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird. The peryton was invented by Jorge Luis Borges in his 1957 Book of Imaginary Beings , using the fictional device of a supposedly long-lost medieval manuscript.
A peryton event detected at the Parkes Observatory.. In radio astronomy, perytons are short man-made radio signals of a few milliseconds resembling fast radio bursts (FRB). A peryton differs from radio frequency interference by the fact that it is a pulse of several to tens of millisecond duration which sweeps down in frequency.
Peryton; Phoenix; Raiju; Roc – A gigantic bird similar to the Ziz [1] Sarimanok; Shahbaz; Sirens - bird women in Greek mythology, not to be confused with mermaids; Simurgh – A Persian bird similar to the Ziz [1] Snallygaster; Sphinx ; Stymphalian Birds; Sylph; Thunderbird; Winged Unicorn; Wyvern; Yalungur; Yuki-onna; Zilant
Peryton – A deer with the wings of a bird. Sea goat – A creature that is half-goat half-fish. Sea-griffin – A griffin variant with the hindquarters of a fish. Sea-lion – A creature with the head and upper body of a lion and the tail of a fish.
Peryton (Argentina) – Stag with bird parts; Qilin – East Asian chimerical good luck symbol; Tarand (European) also Parandrus. Antelope or deer like creature said to be found in Ethiopia who can change the color of their fur at will to camouflage. White stag (worldwide) – magic white deer; Xeglun (Tungusic mythology) – celestial elk
Peyton Manning is a former American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the NFL.
The peryton is a mythical creature with features of a stag and a bird. Peryton may also refer to: Peryton (Dungeons & Dragons), a creature in Dungeons & Dragons; Peryton (astronomy), a type of Fast Radio Burst that was found to originate in microwave ovens
A peryton event detected at the Parkes Observatory. Peryton events are now known to be caused by the emission from a microwave oven. In 2010 there was a report of 16 similar pulses, clearly of terrestrial origin, detected by the Parkes radio telescope and given the name perytons. [85]