Geryon, a giant defeated by Hercules who, in one account, was described as having wings.[10][11] In addition, some mid-sixth-centuryChalcidian vases portray him as winged.
Inanna, Mesopotamian goddess of war, love, and fertility.
Iris (mythology) was said to have golden wings,[16][17] with "golden-winged" being one of her epithets, and was often depicted in art as having wings.[18]
Isis and her sisterNephthys were ancient Egyptian goddesses commonly depicted withkite (bird) heads or wings attached to their arms.[19][20]
TheKinnara and Kinnari in southeast Asia are two of the most beloved mythological characters. They are benevolent half-human, half-bird creatures who watch over humanity.
TheTengu ofJapanese folklore, monstrous humanoids who dwell in the mountains and forests and possess the wings, claws, and sometimes beak of a bird.[35]
Vergere inThe New Jedi Order book series, part of theStar Wars expanded universe, is of the Fosh species, whose tears can be used as poison or healing.
The Rito fromThe Legend of Zelda are a race of avian humanoids with the ability of flight. InThe Wind Waker, they are primarily humanoid and depicted as an evolved form of the aquatic Zora. InBreath of the Wild, they are depicted as more bird-like and not connected to the Zora.
The Tirkin from theXenoblade Chronicles series, a type of enemy who are capable of speech and using tools.
The High Entia from theXenoblade Chronicles series, a humanoid race with wings on the sides of their heads. Some can use these wings to fly; however, hybrid High Entia such as Melia, who is half-Homs, have smaller wings.
TheShi'ar fromMarvel Comics, a species of cold-blooded alien humanoids of avian descent; they resemble humans with feathered crests atop their heads in lieu of hair.
Birdperson, a character from the television seriesRick and Morty, is a tall humanoid with eagle wings who is later renamed "Phoenixperson."
Prince Vultan's hawkmen from the 1980 space opera filmFlash Gordon.
Arakkoas from theWorld of Warcraft expansions (first appearing inWoW: Burning Crusade), a race of bird humanoids with avian features.
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^Ashliman, D. L. (2008)."Swan Maidens | Folktales of Type 400". Retrieved5 October 2018.The myth of the Swan Maiden is one of the most widely distributed and at the same time one of the most beautiful stories ever evolved from the mind of man.--Edwin Sidney Hartland
^Routledge, Scoresby, Mrs; Routledge, Katherine (1917). "The Bird Cult of Easter Island".Folklore.28 (4):337–355.doi:10.1080/0015587X.1917.9719006.JSTOR1255484.An "iviatua," a divinely-gifted individual, dreamed that a certain man was favoured by the gods, so that if he entered for the race he would be a winner, or, in technical parlance, become a bird-man or " tangata manu"; it was also ordained that he should then take a new name, which formed part of the revelation, and this bird-name was given to the year in which victory was achieved, thus forming an easily remembered system of chronology.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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Zerah'el Dancing Grouse."The Story of the Bird People".Free Cherokee. Archived from the original on February 23, 2006. RetrievedOctober 31, 2005. — a story from a story teller of the Bird Clan of East Central Alabama that parallels the evolution ofbirds fromdinosaurs
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