Gamayun
Gamayun, in a painting by Viktor Vasnetsov
Gamayun is a prophetic bird of Russian folklore. It is a symbol of wisdom and knowledge and lives on an island in the east, close to paradise. Like the Sirin and the Alkonost, the Gamayun is normally depicted as a large bird with a woman's head.
In his esoteric Christian-Buddhist cosmography Roza Mira, Daniil Andreev maintains that Sirins, Alkonosts, and Gamayuns are transformed into Archangels in Paradise.
Sources
- unknown, Janey (2008). "Slavic Creation Myth: Translated from Songs of the Bird Gamayun". Wordpress. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- "Песни птицы Гамаюн [Songs of the Bird Gamayun in original Russian". 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- Koryikova M, Epimakhov A (2007). The Urals and Western Siberia in the Bronze and Iron Ages (Cambridge World Archaeology). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521829281.
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