Hudhud (English: Hoopoe, Arabic: الهدهد, Turkish: Ibibik, Persian: هدهد, Urdu: ہوپو / ہد ہد) was, according to the Quran, the messenger and envoy o...
Hudhud (English: Hoopoe, Arabic: الهدهد, Turkish: Ibibik, Persian: هدهد, Urdu: ہوپو / ہد ہد) was, according to the Quran, the messenger and envoy of the prophet Sulayman. It refers to the sagacious birds in Islamic mythology, also referred to in The Conference of the Birds, a Persian poem by Attar of Nishapur as the "king of birds". The bird appears twice in the 27th chapter of An-Naml. Hudhud, as described by the Quran played an important role between Sulayman and Queen of Sheba while carrying messages between the two.The word "birds" appears thirteen times in the central religious text of the Muslims, while the word "bird" appears five times, including the Hoopoe twice, which in Islamic belief is often recognized as a creature for communication activities.
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Echidna (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Echidna (; Greek: Ἔχιδνα, "She-Viper") was a monster, half-woman and half-snake, who lived alone in a cave. She was the mate of th...
In Greek mythology, Echidna (; Greek: Ἔχιδνα, "She-Viper") was a monster, half-woman and half-snake, who lived alone in a cave. She was the mate of the fearsome monster Typhon and was the mother of many of the most famous monsters of Greek myth.
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