Fabulous Birds

This is a page for information about all of the different varieties of Fantastic Birds throughout history. These birds include, but are not limited to, the Thunderbird, the Roc, and the Phoenix and all variants of the aforementioned.

North America
Achiyalabopa

Among the Pueblo Indians, there is a legend about a Fabulous Bird known as the Achiyalabopa. This bird is said to have rainbow-colored wings and feathers like knives.

It is a Celestial Creature, and may have been responsible for creation.

South America
Alicanto

The Alicanto is a Fabulous Bird from the legends of Chile. It emerges at night, shedding a golden or silvery light from its wings. This bird eats gold and silver, searching for veins of ore that it will eat until it is too heavy to fly.

Africa
Anzu

The Anzu (also called the Imdugud) is a giant bird with the head of a lion and a razor-sharp beak from the legends of Mesopotamia. Legend says that the Anzu stole the Tablet of Destinies from Ea.

Asipatra

The Asipatra is a gigantic bird, stories of which can be found in India. It lives in the underworld of Yamapura, where it tortures the souls of condemned sinners.

Its name means "Sword Wing," and the feathers of its wings are reported to be scythe-like, slicing through the air. It also has claws like knives and nests in the branches of a tree made from spears.

Bar Yachre

In Jewish mythology, the Bar Yachre is a giant eagle-like bird. Similar to a Roc, it is known to eat herds of cattle and occasional human beings.

Europe
Adar Llwch Gwin

In Celtic folk tales, the Adar Llwch Gwin were a race of giant birds that were given to Drudwas ap Tryffin by his fairy wife. These birds could understand human speech, and would obey whatever command their master gave them.

Asia
Ai Tojon

The Ai Tojon is a giant two-headed eagle from the mythology of the Yakut people of Siberia. It is said to perch on the top of a mountain and shed its light over the the world.