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The Conference of the Birds
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The Conference of the Birds or Speech of the Birds is a Persian poem by Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar, commonly known as Attar of Nishapur. The title is taken directly from the Qur’an, 27:16, where Sul
Scene from The Conference of the Birds in a Persian miniature. The hoopoe, center right, instructs the other birds on the Sufi path.
Scene from The Conference of the Birds in a Persian miniature. The hoopoe, center right, instructs the other birds on the Sufi path.
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al tair MET DT227734
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al tair MET DT227734
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al tair MET DT227735
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al tair MET DT227735
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al tair MET DT227736
"The Concourse of the Birds", Folio 11r from a Mantiq al tair MET DT227736
Language of the birds
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In Abrahamic and European mythology, medieval literature and occultism, the language of the birds is postulated as a mystical, perfect divine language, Adamic language, Enochian, angelic language or a
Illustration of a 1585-1590 Ottoman manuscript depicting Sulayman speaking with birds
Illustration of a 1585-1590 Ottoman manuscript depicting Sulayman speaking with birds
Huginn and Muninn sit on Odin's shoulders in this illustration from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript.
Huginn and Muninn sit on Odin's shoulders in this illustration from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript.