Vishnu ridingGarudaA winged human-headed Apkallu holding a bucket and a pine cone. From Nimrud, Iraq. 883-859 BCE. Ancient Orient Museum, IstanbulHorus with the head of afalcon
Geryon, a giant defeated byHercules who, in one account, was described as having wings.[10][11] In addition, some mid-sixth-centuryChalcidian vases portray him as winged.
Khenti-kheti an Egyptian god sometimes depicted as a falcon-headed man with Bull horns.[21]
Khonsu an Egyptian moon god often depicted as a man with the head of a falcon.[22]
TheKinnara andKinnari in southeast Asia are two of the most beloved mythological characters. They are benevolent half-human, half-bird creatures who watch over humanity.[citation needed]
Ra, an ancient Egyptian sun god often depicted with a falcon's head.[36]
Rekhyt an ethnic group later god from Egyptian mythology was depicted as alapwing sometimes with human arms or even as a full person with lapwing wings.[37]
TheTengu ofJapanese folklore, monstrous humanoids who dwell in the mountains and forests and possess the wings, claws, and sometimes beak of a bird.[44]
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.[citation needed]
TheRito 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.[citation needed]
TheHigh 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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
Birdperson, a character from the television seriesRick and Morty, is a tall humanoid with eagle wings who is later renamed "Phoenixperson."[citation needed]
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^S. A. Barrett (1919-03-27)."Myths of the Southern Sierra Miwok".University of California Publications in American Archeology and Ethnology.16 (1):1–28.
^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)
^Paltock, R.; Bullen, A.H. (1884).The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins. The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins. Reeves & Turner. p. xvi and passim. Retrieved5 October 2018.
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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