The Golden Bird
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"The Golden Bird" is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm about the pursuit of a golden bird by a gardener's three sons.
The gardener's youngest son sights the Golden Bird in the king's garden
The prince rides on the fox's back. Illustration by George Cruikshank for Grimm's Goblins, by Edgar Taylor (1823).
Firebird (Slavic folklore)
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In Slavic mythology and folklore, the Firebird is a magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor.
Ivan Bilibin's illustration to a Russian fairy tale about the Firebird, 1899
Male golden pheasant at the Bloedel Floral Conservatory, Vancouver.
Prince Ivan returning on a magic carpet with the caged firebird.