#harpies

[thestuffedalligator]

Birdwomen Family: Harpyidae

Birdwomen are the most common of magical creatures, appearing on every continent except for Antarctica*. Opportunistic omnivores, birdwomen take the form of massive carrion birds, typically corvids, vultures, condors and eagles, with the heads of women. They appear to be exclusively female; however, some species such as the Mediterranean harpy (Harpia strophades) do pair up during the mating season, with members impressing prospective partners by inflating a pair of gular sacks at the base of the throat similar to the behaviour of frigatebirds (family Fregatidae) and the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus).

The magic of most species of birdwomen are affiliated with storms and disease. The alkonost (Harpia bilibinae) lays its eggs in the sea, and their hatching causes thunderstorms to form, while the droppings of the Mediterranean harpy immediately befoul food.

While most species are reluctant to directly attack humans, birdwomen have no qualms in consuming carrion. Multiple cultures report birdwomen as constant companions to sites of battle and bloodshed. Nordic myths of Valkyries spiriting away the dead are almost certainly inspired by the sight of Scandinavian species of birdwomen feasting on the bodies of the slain after battle, possibly the crested harpy (Valkyria cristatus), nicknamed by professional harpiers as the "Thor's falcon."

The North American birdwoman (Harpia canadensis) is the largest known species of birdwoman, with species standing between five and six feet tall, with respective wingspans of 12 to 15 feet wide. Easily identified by their black, iridescent plumage, North American birdwomen exhibit an intelligent, often playful and curious personality. While native to western and central Canada and the northwestern United States, one birdwoman was sighted in Point Pleasant, West Virginia through the late 1960s; following the 1967 Silver Bridge collapse, one harpier reported seeing this same birdwoman consuming the bodies of two disappeared travellers who had washed up downriver.

*Sightings of the "penguinwomen" of Antarctica are unsubstantiated and should not be counted as fact.

[fartsmcgee420]

Falin and some hot harpy bitches

[thecollectibles]

Art by Samantha Mash

[oxytocxins]

some bird peeps I drew last night 

Image Description: A series of six digital illustrations featuring winged humanoids in a variety of poses. The series features various species of birds that each figure is base upon. The illustrations are black line-art on an off-white background. End Image Description. 

[ink-the-artist]

Harpies

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Dante's Inferno - art by Gustave Doré (1861)

[trungles]

I’m doing some little character designs for my Patreon webcomic side project, and the harpies made me laugh real good

[deepwaterwritingprompts]

Text: The kingdom by the sea is cruel. A captured mermaid being carried through the castle gates briefly caught the eye of a harpy in a cage above, a glance full of rage and compassion.

[cuties-in-codices]

neptune, styx, and the harpies

from a copy of john ridewall's "fulgentius metaforalis" (?), bavaria, c. 1424

source: Vatican, Bibl. Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1066, fol. 222v

[skeletonfumes]

Dune: Part Two (2024) Denis Villeneueve

[oooocleo]

💖 finished the illustration for march's foiled postcard (for the 5 and 10EU tiers babey)! 

patreon

[pangeen]

“ The night has come, to take you to the other side “

// Shaaz Jung

[mintshiiarts]

When you’ve decided something is now a pet. 😂

[snejkha]

Harpies for grabs///

If you would be interested in buying them send me a message at snejkhacom@gmail.com. I wont hold them so first come first serve//

Payment is going to be via a Paypal invoice (you will have to send me your paypal email and all). As always feel free to share this around/ I will update this post once they are bought //

Yellow-footed Green Pidgeon SOLD

Bleeding Heart Dove SOLD

Long-tailed Rose Finch SOLD

Bluejay SOLD

Great Horned Owl SOLD

Cockatrice SOLD

ALL SOLD//

[owlyjules]

Wisptober Day 3: Crane

 "The two mother cranes would gently dance and sing for their young as they dreamed inside their shells." 

Crane Wife? What about CRANE WIVES!!:DDD