[DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about LEGENDS & FOLKLORE - StudyStack [PAR] THESE GIANT MYTHICAL BIRDS WERE FREQUENTLY AT WAR WITH WATER 
MONSTERS, THUNDERBIRDS ... SOME GIFTS OFFEND THESE "COLORFUL" 
FAIRIES; IF YOU GIVE THEM ... THIS GIGANTIC WHITE BIRD OF ARABIAN 
MYTH CARRIES OFF ELEPHANTS TO ITS NEST AND DEVOURS THEM, ROC. [DOC] [TLE] Roc (mythology) - Wikipedia [PAR] Roc, from the Spanish words rocho and ruc, these latters from Arabic  (ru) 
and that latter ... The mytheme of Garuda carrying off an elephant that was 
battling a crocodile ... Marco Polo explicitly distinguishes the bird from a griffin. ... 
for destruction of its giant egg, as recounted in the fifth voyage of Sinbad the 
Sailor. [DOC] [TLE] The Second Voyage: The Flight of the Roc - World History [PAR] Jun 15, 2015 ... A roc returns to its nest as night falls, watched cautiously by Sinbad. ... of 
something white in the distance that might have been a building. ... roc, a bird so 
huge that it preys upon elephants, carrying them off to feed to its young. ... the 
gigantic serpents, larger than palm trees, big enough to devour elephants. [DOC] [TLE] roc | legendary bird | Britannica.com [PAR] Gigantic legendary bird, said to carry off elephants and other large beasts for ... A 
roc, also spelled rukh or rukhkh, is a gigantic legendary bird found in Arabian 
mythology. It was said to be able to carry an elephant or a rhinoceros in its claws. [DOC] [TLE] roc English definition/translation - seadict.com [PAR] noun a gigantic mythological bird described in the Arabian Nights. ... to it in 
describing Madagascar and other islands off the coast of eastern Africa. ... "truss 
elephants in its talons," and carry them to its mountain nest, where it devours 
them. ... A roc or rukh (from Persian  rokh) is a mythical white bird of enormous 
size and... [DOC] [TLE] Mythology - Ray Sahelian, M.D. [PAR] He is a winged divine horse usually depicted as white in colour. ... who physically 
attacked people by stretching them or cutting off their legs, so as to ..... Roc This 
gigantic white bird of Arabian myth carries off elephants to its nest & devours... [DOC] [TLE] Strike from the Sky - American Museum of Natural History [PAR] Many stories tell of giant birds that swoop down from the sky to seize ... years ago
, Arab traders told of a bird so huge it could lift elephants into the sky. ... In fact, a 
giant bird called the Aepyornis once lived on the island of Madagascar, off the ... 
building with no doorsthe dome is a roc's egg, and the entire island its nest. [DOC] [TLE] Mythological Birds | VisionQuest [PAR] Feb 4, 2008 ... The Anqa bird is a mysterious bird from Arabian mythology, ... The Simurgh is a 
giant, female bird with the head of a dog or sometimes of a man and the claws of 
lion. Almost all the ancient Persians seals carry the Simurgh as the symbol. ... 
The Roc is capable of carrying off elephants and whales in its talons... [DOC] [TLE] SIMOR  Encyclopaedia Iranica [PAR] Jul 20, 2002 ... Anklesaria, 61.37-41) the Snmurw's nest is on the tree without evil and of many 
seeds. ... The bird Cnmr (Camr) collects the seeds and disperses them ... 
with the tree of the White Hm. Two birds are involved in the scattering of .... a 
black cloud; she can carry off crocodiles, panthers and elephants. [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Birds in legend, fable and folklore" - Internet Archive [PAR] You will perhaps recall the bulbul bazar of the Arabian Nights, and, if you please, 
you ... 1 * "is regularly the way in which the seers of myths obtain their information
. ..... The white men there told them it was only a bird's crying, but they insisted the 
...... It is said that when they make their nests in the dry deserts, they carry the... [DOC] [TLE] Ho-o | JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE [PAR] In Japan, the phoenix is identified as the

Question: This gigantic white bird of Arabian myth carries off elephants to its nest & devours them
Answer: Roc