According to folk tales, at the morning of the Apple Feast of the Saviour day, Sirin flies into the apple orchard and cries sadly. In the afternoon, the Alkonost flies to this place, beginning to …

Sirin is a mythological creature of Russian legends, with the head of a beautiful woman and the body of a bird (usually an owl), borrowed from the siren of the Greek mythology. According to …

Jul 7, 2020 · The Alkonost and the Sirin are two sides of the same coin. Both are beautiful women with the bodies of birds and both have magical voices of unimaginable beauty. The Alkonost …

Jul 6, 2020 · Alkonost is sometimes mistaken for Sirin, another of the Russian folk figures, also a resident of the underground world. The two resemble each other, but Alkonost was …

Jul 11, 2021 · As with most creatures in Slavic mythology, the Sirin is not one of its kind, it has a counterpart – the Alkonost. In fact, the Sirin and the Alkonost were once considered to be a …

The spirits Alkonost, Gamayun and Sirin are mythical Tengu-like creatures with half bird bodies in Russian folk tales. Similar to their neighboring Japanese folk tales, these winged spirits …

Jul 25, 2017 · Alkonost has a sister spirit, Sirin, her alter ego, whom she resembles very closely. Once upon a time, they were considered sacred birds of fortune, venerated side by side as …

Alkonost is a mythical creature that appears in Slavic folklore. It is often depicted as a bird with a female human head, and it is said to have a beautiful and enchanting voice that can …

Apr 25, 2020 · Two more mythological bird-creatures are the Alkonost and Sirin. While both are colorful birds with the head of a woman and sing beautiful songs, the Alkonost comes from the …

Dec 9, 2018 · ‘Sirin and Alkonost The Birds of Joy and Sorrow’ was created in 1896 by Viktor Vasnetsov in Romanticism style. Find more prominent pieces of mythological painting at …