🦉🥚🦉An old folk-medicine cure for failing eyesight was to eat an owl's egg, a bird famed for its keen vision.
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"The strangest part of this was that a snow-white goose rose up from the water. It was of marvelous beauty and of an entirely different nature than the geese of the surface world."

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Realm_of_the_Subterraneans

In Greek mythology, Thanatos, the personification of death, could be depicted as a winged young man. Death did not always appear skeletal or monstrous. Sometimes it arrived quietly, beautifully, and with wings capable of carrying it anywhere. #MythologyMonday

The Night Raven - supernatural bird or time-traveling jet fighter?

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Night_Raven

The Valkyries of Norse mythology are often imagined today with literal wings, but medieval sources don't consistently describe them that way. They ride through the air or over the sea, choosing warriors slain in battle. Sometimes flight doesn't require feathers. #MythologyMonday

It's WINGS today over on #mythologymonday. Just saying.

A strange, glowing raven haunted a certain bed in Elberfeld.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Glowing_Raven

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Black-winged Mórrígan and the scald-crow #Badb both took crow forms, as did the continental #Celtic #Cathubodua. All were connected with battle.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Black-winged Mórrígan and the scald-crow #Badb both took crow forms, as did the continental #Celtic #Cathubodua. All were connected with battle.`
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

According to the Goetia, Caim is a Great President of Hell. He knows the future, and when answering questions, he likes to sit on burning coals. Caim also gives men the understanding of the voices of birds, fish, cattle, and other animals, and of the noise of the waters too.
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In life, a tone-deaf nun. In death, an avian companion to the Wild Huntsman!

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Hooting_Ursel

Why do so many mythologies give supernatural beings wings? Wings erase one of humanity's oldest limitations. Gods, monsters, and spirits can cross boundaries we cannot, moving between earth, sky, and other realms. A pair of wings makes almost anything feel otherworldly. #MythologyMonday

A cockatrice is a winged dragon-like creature hatched from a rooster's egg incubated by a snake or toad. The cockatrice can kill a person just by looking at them, but the creature can be slain by seeing itself in a mirror or by hearing a rooster crow. #mythologymonday #mythology #folklore #gothic

The white sparrows of the Schömberg region were touched by the spirits.

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https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/The_Forest_Spirits_and_the_White_Sparrows

Does this post have a bit of everything? Aonghus, Apollo, Maponos, highly talented birds, scholarly citations, wild conjecture - it's all here. (no paywall)
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Isis—the Egyptian mother goddess who resurrected her husband, Osiris—was often depicted with wings representing female falcons or kites, whose cries were considered reminiscent of grieving women. She was also associated with geese, which symbolized fertility. #MythologyMonday

Q'ursha, a legendary dog in Georgian myth, is the companion of the culture hero Amirani. He's born either of a raven or an eagle, and is often portrayed with wings. He's described as having colossal paws, a thunderous bark, and the ability to leap long distances. #MythologyMonday

Basan of Japanese myth are nocturnal fire-breathing chickens that live in the bamboo groves of the mountains of Shikoku. Their flapping wings make a distinct "basabasa" sound. They occasionally wander into villages but instantly vanish when spotted by humans. #MythologyMonday

#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Mes Buachalla was connected to the #otherworldly áes síde. She became pregnant through a union with a supernatural bird-warrior, #Nemglan. He placed a geis on his son #Conaire (later as "Conaire the Great" High King of #Ireland) to […]

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#MythologyMonday #Celtic: `Mes Buachalla was connected to the #otherworldly áes síde. She became pregnant through a union with a supernatural bird-warrior, #Nemglan. He placed a geis on his son #Conaire (later as "Conaire the Great" High King of #Ireland) to not harm birds.
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