Bluebird of happiness
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The symbol of a bluebird as the harbinger of happiness is found in many cultures and may date back thousands of years. The association appears in ancient Chinese mythology, Native American folklore, a
Mountain bluebird (Sialia currucoides) from North America
The Blue Bird (play)
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The Blue Bird is a 1908 play by Belgian playwright and poet Maurice Maeterlinck. It premiered on 30 September 1908 at Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre, and was presented on Broadway in 191
Bluebird of happiness
…and European fairy tale traditions, and is thought to have entered widespread English usage largely through Maurice Maeterlinck's 1908 symbolist play The Blue Bird. The idiom spread significantly through popular culture over the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, appearing in songs, films, television, literature…
Mytyl (Alisa Koonen) and Tyltyl (Sofya Khalyutina) in the Moscow Art Theatre production (1908)
Tyltyl (Gladys Hulette) and Mytyl (Irene Brown) watch the Christmas party across the street in the Broadway production of The Blue Bird (1910)
The Mysterious Garden, 1911, by Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh
Maurice Maeterlinck commemorative coin