Birds in Legends, Mythology and Religion

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Birds in Legends, Mythology and Religion - III

Country or Religion	Mythological creature	Role and Myth
PERSIAN MYTHOLOGY	Chamrosh	A bird said to live on the summit of Mount Alborz and is the archetype of all birds. Chamrosh is described as having the body of a dog with the head and wings of a bird.	Chamrosh Source : http://www.mythicalcreatureslist.com/image/Chamrosh-novablue
	Roc	An enormous mythical bird of prey, often white, reputed to have been able to carry off and eat elephants.	Roc by Charles Maurice Detmold (Source : Wikipedia)
	Simurgh	A gigantic, benevolent, mythical flying creature, often part dog or human.	Sassanid silver plate of a simurgh (Sēnmurw), 7th or 8th century CE (Source : Wikipedia)
NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY	Raven	Representative spirit of actual ravens, and often depicted as a trickster or culture hero figure.	Picture of "Raven Releasing the Sun", by Todd Baker. (Source : Wikipedia)
NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY	Thunderbird	An enormous bird that causes thunder and stirs the wind from the beating of its wings.	A Northwest Coast styledKwakwaka'wakw totem pole depicting a thunderbird perched on the top. To Kwakwaka'wakw, different thunderbirds are ancestors, whom they descend from. (Source : Wikipedia)
KOREAN MYTHOLOGY	Samjoko	A 3-legged bird associated with the sun.	The Korean version of a three-legged bird found in Asian mythology. Also called the Yagatarasu in Japan, this raven-like bird is even said to surpass the phoenix in power.