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Here at Untethered Realms, we're taking on the Challenge as a group. Each day, one of us will be sharing with you a fantastical creature that may be from one of our books, a favorite movie, or something we just came up with as entertainment.
Today we have...
K is for Karshiptas
When I was scouring mythologies for talking birds, I came across the karshipta from Persian mythology. Although my karshiptas aren't so noble to spread religion, they do send messages.
“Babak said the boat from Amora has arrived.” Dad’s arm brushed against mine.
“Send him to the harbor. Have him tell them I’m not coming.” Our karshipta, a talking falcon-like bird, could deliver the message. I hated I wasted the priest, the ferryman, and that boy’s time, but their journey back was only three days with favorable winds and the magical current rushing them toward Amora. - an excerpt from Reborn
Think I will need to go through all these posts on monsters when I have the time. I do like the "talking falcon" - karshipta sound so much cooler. - a-to-z participant Erin Penn (ErinPenn.blogspot.com)
ReplyDeleteTalking birds-gotta love em. Actually-this is truth-When I was a kid there was a crow that the police and Humane Society were trying to catch. It was taught very bad swear words and it was at a school and saying very filthy things to the kids (M%&^ F^!@, F*& U etc...) It was not at my school but I thought it was very funny
ReplyDeleteI want a talking falcon. The world in Reborn is spectacular.
ReplyDeleteThe karshiptas are wonderful. I'd like to have one too. Imagine if everyone had one instead of cell phones!
ReplyDeleteKarshiptas? Want one. Or two.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
ooo! that is a neat bit of mythology that needs more research! i'm learning new things with all these posts. =D
ReplyDeleteDefinitely need to check out Karshiptas. Thanks for informative post. Have written a falcon into post-apocalyptic world that I'm doing my A to Z Challenge about. It's a shaman's companion so might be a karpishta. Name Feeniks which is Finnish for Phoenix but did as F - http://rolandclarke.com/2014/04/07/f-is-for-feeniks/.
ReplyDeleteI love it, Cherie! I almost used a thunderbird in my Indigo Eady series. I might still use it, maybe in another story or series.
ReplyDeleteI guess since I right contemporary fiction I am missing out on all the fun of these fantastic creatures! I have birds in my novel Pandemic, but they silently carry disease, so not quite the same...
ReplyDeleteYvonne
Typo: Write, not right. Oh my.
ReplyDeleteYvonne
This is interesting. Came here thanks to the A to Z Challenge. Have learnt something new too.
ReplyDeleteShame I will never see a Karshiptas in my garden.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this bird. Awesome! I love learning more about the unfamiliar (to me) mythologies. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is such cool cool name for the talking bird :D
ReplyDeleteHi Cherie ... what a great bird to have found .. with such a wonderful name Karshiptas ... interesting scene here too ..
ReplyDeleteCheers Hilary
Wow - never heard of a Karshipta. Beats fastening a message to a homing pigeon!
ReplyDeleteOh, I'd love one of these beauties. I do love birds. I always said if I could be reborn I'd be a huge bird ... something about the freedom of flight. And if I were one of these I could tell me family who I used to be! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, everyone, for stopping by! Karshiptas are definitely interesting creatures.
ReplyDeleteTalking birds, love it!
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