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From: magi AT magi PISTE yok PISTE utu PISTE fi (Marko Gronroos)
Newsgroups: alt.mythology.mythic-animals
Subject: Re: Mythical birds
Date: 12 Nov 1996 12:20:32 +0200

pannellj AT dma PISTE org (James Pannell) writes:

> Mike Wright (msw151 AT naic PISTE wpafb PISTE af PISTE mil) wrote:
> : Can anyone think of any mythical birds, besides Phoenix?

In the beginning of the Kalevala, there is the bird that lays it's
eggs on Ilmatar's knee, which then fall and break and become sky and
earth, etc. The bird was a haahka, but I'm not sure what is it in
English. A rather common seabird, I think.

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