Birds in Legends, Mythology and Religion - II

Country or Religion	Mythological creature	Role and Myth
JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY	Ho-o	Japanese version of the Chinese Fenghuang.	8-Panel Phoenix Screen (Hō-ō zu Byōbu) by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) Source: : http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/ho-oo-phoenix.shtml
	Suzaku	Japanese version of the Chinese Vermillion Bird.	The Red Bird of the South (Suzaku) Found on tomb wall at Kitora Kofun Source: : http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/ssu-ling.shtml
	Yatagarasu	A 3-legged raven who belongs to the sun goddess Amaterasu.	Yatagarasu noren at Kumano Hongu Source :http://www.greenshinto.com/wp/2011/07/25/yatagarasu-the-three-legged-crow/
NORSE MYTHOLOGY (mythology of the North Germanic peoples)	Hraesvelg	A giant, who in eagle from, creates the wind by beating his wings.	Hraesvelg = corpse-swallower-eagle sit at the northern horizon and cause the North Wind Source : http://www.catshaman.com/25picst2.htm
	Hugin and Munin (Thought and Memory)	A pair of ravens associated with the Norse god Odin.	Huginn and Muninn sit on Odin's shoulders in an illustration from an 18th century Icelandic manuscript (Source : Wikipedia)
	Vedrfolnir	A hawk sitting between the eyes of an eagle in the crown of Yggdrasill, the World Tree.	An illustration from a 17th century Icelandic manuscript shows a hawk, Veðrfölnir, on top of an eagle on top of a tree, Yggdrasil. (Source : Wikipedia)