Firebird (Slavic folklore)

In Slavic mythology and folklore, the Firebird (Russian: жар-пти́ца, romanized: zhar-ptitsa; Ukrainian: жар-пти́ця, zhar-ptytsia; Serbo-Croatian: žar-ptica, жар-птица; Bulgarian: Жар-птица, romanized: Zhar-ptitsa; Macedonian: Жар-птица, romanized: Žar-ptica; Polish: Żar-ptak, rarely also ptak-żar; 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. == Description == The Firebird is described in one of the texts collected by Alexander Afanasyev as having "golden feathers, while its eyes were like unto oriental crystal".

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Firebird (Slavic folklore)

In Slavic mythology and folklore, the Firebird (Russian: жар-пти́ца, romanized: zhar-ptitsa; Ukrainian: жар-пти́ця, zhar-ptytsia; Serbo-Croatian: žar-ptica, жар-птица; Bulgarian: Жар-птица, romanized: Zhar-ptitsa; Macedonian: Жар-птица, romanized: Žar-ptica; Polish: Żar-ptak, rarely also ptak-żar; 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. == Description == The Firebird is described in one of the texts collected by Alexander Afanasyev as having "golden feathers, while its eyes were like unto oriental crystal".

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