second people of the world in Southern Sierra Miwok mythology Morpheus, son of Hypnos and a god of dreams Neith, Egyptian goddess sometimes portrayed as having bird wings attached to her arms Nemesis was described as winged by Mesomedes and is often portrayed as such in art Nightingale the Robber in Slavic folklore, who is killed by the hero Ilya Muromets Nike is very famous for her birdlike wings Pamola, a bird-man from Abenaki mythology Peri, beautiful, winged women from Persian folklore Ra, an ancient Egyptian sun god often depicted with a falcon's head Sirens from Greek mythology started out as women-bird hybrids, but later evolved to become closer to mermaids Sirin, Russian take on the siren that's closer to their original depiction as birds The swan maidens in the folktales of cultures such as Sweden, Germany, Romania, Serbia, Japan, and Pakistan Suparnas from Hinduism who can appear as part man and part bird Tangata manu of Easter Island, often depicted as a frigate bird/human hybrid The Tengu of Japanese folklore, monstrous forest and mountain dwelling humanoids often possessing the wings, claws, and sometimes the beak of a bird. Thanatos and his brother Hypnos were often portrayed as winged "Uchek Langmeidong"-In Meitei mythology and folklore, it is a mythical creature, semi human, semi hornbill, with an avian body and a human head. The bird is a form of a hornbill bird. Wayland the Smith from Germanic mythology; scholars differ on whether they think he organically grew wings to escape imprisonment or fashioned artificial ones like Daedalus Winged genie, recurring motif in Assyrian art; they're bearded men with birds' wings Fiction The Aarakocra and the Kenku are two playable avian humanoid races in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. The Chozo civilization, a highly intelligent and technologically advanced bird-like species in the Metroid series. The winged people of Normnbdsgrsutt in Robert Paltock's utopian fantasy Peter Wilkins (1750), including Youwarkee, whom Peter marries. The Flock from James Patterson's Maximum Ride novel series. The bird people of Brontitall, led by The Wise Old Bird, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy are depicted by Douglas Adams as evolving from humans who are so sick of buying shoes that they become bird-like creatures and never set foot on the ground again (see Shoe Event Horizon). The race of garuda in fantasy author China Miéville's world Bas-Lag as featured in Perdido Street Station. In