with a scenario written by Michel Fokine and Alexandre Benois, the creature is half-woman, half-bird. She is captured by Prince Ivan, but when he sets her free she gives him a magic feather, which he uses to defeat the spell of Kaschei the Immortal, who had captured thirteen princesses. Prince Ivan then marries the most beautiful of them. French illustrator Edmund Dulac included a literary version of the legend of the firebird in his book Fairy Tales of the Allied Nations, where the bird is identified as the Firebird and described as "Hausa, the Bird of the Sun". In popular music, Peter Gabriel made a demo titled "Firebirds" whose flute playing (by Gabriel himself) borrows the melody from another piece by Stravinsky: "The Rite of Passage". This song has never been officially released. See also Fenghuang Gagana Golden pheasant Phoenix (mythology) Phoenix in popular culture Raróg Simargl Simurgh References External links SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages: The Annotated Firebird Fairy tale stock characters Legendary birds Russian mythology Slavic legendary creatures Phoenix birds