The Great Birds
By Konrad Bennett Hughes
• Phoenix - an immortal bird of fire, child of Forstora and Nuru
• Konrul, also Kongrul and Konqrul – “peacock with the head of a dog and the claws of a lion; sometimes however also with a human face. It has an enmity towards snakes and its natural habitat is a place with plenty of water. Its feathers are said to be the color of copper, and though it was originally described as being a dog-bird, later it was shown with either the head of a dog.”
o Has a twin named Toghrul- “Turul and Konrul as intimate twins are also known as Buğdayık and Kumayık or Semrük and Kerkes and sometimes Züzülö and Öksökö. They roost in the "Tree of Life", which stands in the middle of the world.”
o “Anka also spelled Ankha or Angha (Persian: عنقا, from Arabic عنقاء "Anqa, phoenix") and also known as Simurgh, is a benevolent, mythical flying creature”
o Konrul also goes by the name of Zumrud (Persian: زمرد, romanized: zomorrod, zumurrud) meaning "emerald". In Azeri folklore, a hero named Malik Mammad was the son of one of the wealthiest kings of Azerbaijan who owned a large garden.
o “The Turul is probably based on a large falcon. Turul, is the original bird of the original Hungarians, the Magyars, who migrated out of the plains of Central Asia.[20] The legend says that in 896 AD, the bird dropped its sword in what is now modern day Budapest, indicating to the Magyars that the area was to be their homeland.[20] Thus, what they say was the beginning of the 1000 years the Magyars have lived in their now capital city area of Budapest.”
• Melek Taûs – The Peacock Angel, Archangel of Forstora, child of her and Obmhann
• Minokawa is a giant, dragon-like bird, feathers are those of sharp swords, the eyes reflect like mirrors, its beak and legs are like steel. Child of Forstora and Death, her revenge upon the world.
• Anqa' , or Anka, or Anqa Mughrib or Anqa al-Mughrib- wise, "very beautiful and colorful with a long neck, human face, four pairs of wings , and some resemblance with every living being"and a "whiteness" in its neck.
• Semrük-Bürküt - double-headed eagle (one human? Or with the mind of a human), copper nails and covers the right wing with the sun and the left wing with the moon, can remove lightning from the skies.
• Zhar-ptitsa- Firebird (Russian: жар-пти́ца, zhar-ptitsa; Ukrainian: жар-пти́ця, zhar-ptytsia; Serbo-Croatian: žar-ptica, жар-птица; Bulgarian: Жар-птица, Zhar-ptitsa; Macedonian: Жар-птица, Žar-ptica; Polish: Żar-ptak; Czech: Pták Ohnivák; Slovak: Vták Ohnivák; Slovene: Rajska/zlata-ptica) is a magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor.
• Alkonost is, according to Slavic mythos and folklore, a woman-headed bird. It makes amazingly beautiful sounds, and those who hear these sounds forget everything they know and want nothing more ever again.[1][better source needed][2] She lives in the underworld with her counterpart, the Sirin.[3][better source needed] The Alkonost lays her eggs on a beach and then rolls them into the sea. When the Alkonost's eggs hatch, a thunderstorm sets in and the sea becomes so rough that it becomes impossible to traverse. She is also the sister of other birds from Slavic mythology, such as Rarog and Stratim.
• Raróg (Russian: Рарог) or Raroh is a fire demon, often depicted as a fiery falcon.
• Huma (Persian: هما, pronounced Homā, Avestan: Homāio), also Homa, is a mythical bird of Iranian legends and fables,[2][3] and continuing as a common motif in Sufi and Diwan poetry. Although there are many legends of the creature, common to all is that the bird is said never to alight on the ground, and instead to live its entire life flying invisibly high above the earth.
• Bennu /ˈbɛnuː/[1] is an ancient Egyptian deity linked with the Sun, creation, and rebirth. He may have been the original inspiration for the phoenix legends that developed in Greek mythology.
• Konrul, also Kongrul and Konqrul – “peacock with the head of a dog and the claws of a lion; sometimes however also with a human face. It has an enmity towards snakes and its natural habitat is a place with plenty of water. Its feathers are said to be the color of copper, and though it was originally described as being a dog-bird, later it was shown with either the head of a dog.”
o Has a twin named Toghrul- “Turul and Konrul as intimate twins are also known as Buğdayık and Kumayık or Semrük and Kerkes and sometimes Züzülö and Öksökö. They roost in the "Tree of Life", which stands in the middle of the world.”
o “Anka also spelled Ankha or Angha (Persian: عنقا, from Arabic عنقاء "Anqa, phoenix") and also known as Simurgh, is a benevolent, mythical flying creature”
o Konrul also goes by the name of Zumrud (Persian: زمرد, romanized: zomorrod, zumurrud) meaning "emerald". In Azeri folklore, a hero named Malik Mammad was the son of one of the wealthiest kings of Azerbaijan who owned a large garden.
o “The Turul is probably based on a large falcon. Turul, is the original bird of the original Hungarians, the Magyars, who migrated out of the plains of Central Asia.[20] The legend says that in 896 AD, the bird dropped its sword in what is now modern day Budapest, indicating to the Magyars that the area was to be their homeland.[20] Thus, what they say was the beginning of the 1000 years the Magyars have lived in their now capital city area of Budapest.”
• Melek Taûs – The Peacock Angel, Archangel of Forstora, child of her and Obmhann
• Minokawa is a giant, dragon-like bird, feathers are those of sharp swords, the eyes reflect like mirrors, its beak and legs are like steel. Child of Forstora and Death, her revenge upon the world.
• Anqa' , or Anka, or Anqa Mughrib or Anqa al-Mughrib- wise, "very beautiful and colorful with a long neck, human face, four pairs of wings , and some resemblance with every living being"and a "whiteness" in its neck.
• Semrük-Bürküt - double-headed eagle (one human? Or with the mind of a human), copper nails and covers the right wing with the sun and the left wing with the moon, can remove lightning from the skies.
• Zhar-ptitsa- Firebird (Russian: жар-пти́ца, zhar-ptitsa; Ukrainian: жар-пти́ця, zhar-ptytsia; Serbo-Croatian: žar-ptica, жар-птица; Bulgarian: Жар-птица, Zhar-ptitsa; Macedonian: Жар-птица, Žar-ptica; Polish: Żar-ptak; Czech: Pták Ohnivák; Slovak: Vták Ohnivák; Slovene: Rajska/zlata-ptica) is a magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor.
• Alkonost is, according to Slavic mythos and folklore, a woman-headed bird. It makes amazingly beautiful sounds, and those who hear these sounds forget everything they know and want nothing more ever again.[1][better source needed][2] She lives in the underworld with her counterpart, the Sirin.[3][better source needed] The Alkonost lays her eggs on a beach and then rolls them into the sea. When the Alkonost's eggs hatch, a thunderstorm sets in and the sea becomes so rough that it becomes impossible to traverse. She is also the sister of other birds from Slavic mythology, such as Rarog and Stratim.
• Raróg (Russian: Рарог) or Raroh is a fire demon, often depicted as a fiery falcon.
• Huma (Persian: هما, pronounced Homā, Avestan: Homāio), also Homa, is a mythical bird of Iranian legends and fables,[2][3] and continuing as a common motif in Sufi and Diwan poetry. Although there are many legends of the creature, common to all is that the bird is said never to alight on the ground, and instead to live its entire life flying invisibly high above the earth.
• Bennu /ˈbɛnuː/[1] is an ancient Egyptian deity linked with the Sun, creation, and rebirth. He may have been the original inspiration for the phoenix legends that developed in Greek mythology.
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