Kurangaituku is a part-woman part-bird supernatural being who features in Māori mythology.The Kinnara and Kinnari in southeast Asia are two of the most beloved mythological characters, who are benevolent half-human, half-bird creatures.Isis and her sister Nephthys were ancient Egyptian goddesses commonly depicted with kite (bird) heads or wings attached to their arms.Iris (mythology) was said to have golden wings with "golden-winged" as one of her epithets and was often depicted in art as having wings.Huitzilopochtli, " hummingbird's south" or " hummingbird's left" Aztec god of the sun and war who was often depicted as either a hummingbird or an eagle.The gods Horus and Thoth from ancient Egyptian mythology were often depicted as humans with the heads of a falcon and an ibis, respectively.Harpies, bird-women in Greek mythology associated with storm winds known for terrorizing mortals.Geryon, a giant defeated by Hercules who, in one account, was described as having wings and some mid-sixth-century Chalcidian vases portray him as winged.The Garuda, eagle-man mount of Vishnu in Hindu mythology, was pluralized into a class of bird-like beings in Buddhist mythology.Eros/ Cupid is often depicted as winged.Eris (mythology) was depicted as winged in ancient Greek art.Eos is often depicted as winged in art.The Ekek in Philippine mythology is depicted as a humanoid with bird wings and a beak.Chareng, also called Uchek Langmeidong, is a mythical creature, from Meitei mythology in the form a semi human and semi hornbill, with an avian body and a human head.
Calais and Zetes, sons of the North Wind Boreas.Ba, the part of a human's soul that roughly represents its personality, depicted as a bird with a human head.Arke, Iris' sister who also had wings, said to be iridescent.Anzû from Mesopotamian mythology, either a lesser divinity or a monster.Angels in all Abrahamic religions, though mainly in artistic depictions.Almost all of the Anemoi ( Boreas, Eurus, Zephyrus, Notus, etc), best depicted on the Tower of the Winds.Ancient Orient Museum, Istanbul Folklore A winged human-headed Apkallu holding a bucket and a pine cone.
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