Re: The Birds - etymology found

--- In cybalist@egroups.com, Håkan Lindgren <h5@...> wrote:

> I took a look around the net and this is what I found out.
>
> Sirin is related to the Syrens of ancient Greece. In Russian

mythology Sirin is a bird with a female head and forms a pair with
Alkonost: Sirin is happiness and Alkonost sorrow..

>
> Alkonost is related to Greek Halcyon.
>
> Gamayun is described as a prophetic bird, "a personification of the

mysterious fate of Russia with its tragedies & hopes."

>
> Grifon looks to me as if it could be the creature that is called a

griffin in English.

>
> Maybe you know this already - your name looks Russian enough to me!
>
> Hakan

Also I can say, that Finist is not bird name per se, but personal
name of Russian folklore hero Finist Jasnyj Sokol (clear falcon or
shining falcon - word "jasnyj" can take both meaning). Finist known
to be man, that turns to falcon (and vise versa) by "stuck self upon
earth".

Alexander Dakhov.

> Source:
> http://www.chat.ru/~uimagnyd/verses/vysotsky/translat.html
> could anyone explain or refer to some source regarding
> the etymology of the names Alkonost, Gamayun, Finist,
> Sirin, Grifon, Mogol and Stratim (I am not sure about
> their English spelling)? Are these birds parts of some
> symbolical system?
> Regards,
> Marina Orelskaya