Alcyone and Ceyx
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In Greek mythology, Alcyone and Ceyx were a wife and husband who incurred the wrath of the god Zeus for their romantic hubris.
Alcyone and Ceyx Transformed into Halcyons
Herbert James Draper, Halcyone, 1915.
Alcyone praying Juno, engraving by Virgil Solis for Ovid's Metamorphoses Book XI, 573–582
Ceyx in the tempest, engraving by Virgil Solis for Ovid's Metamorphoses Book XI, 410–572
Gannet
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Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus Morus in the family Sulidae, closely related to boobies. They are known as 'solan' or 'solan goose' in Scotland. A common misconception is that the Scottish n
Alcyone and Ceyx
…Out of compassion, the gods changed them both into "halcyon birds" (common kingfishers), named after her. Apollodorus says that Ceyx was turned into a gannet, and not a kingfisher. Ovid and Hyginus both also recount the metamorphosis of the pair in and after Ceyx's loss in a terrible storm, though they both…
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A northern gannet in Bonaventure Island's colony
Gannet, Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire
Gannet in the Celtic Sea – Ireland