Great bird of the galaxy

The great bird of the galaxy was a mythological creature evoked as a blessing. 
In 2266, after Yeoman Janice Rand brought him some food, Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu said, "May the great bird of the galaxy bless your planet!" ()
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* Great birds of the galaxy
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=== Background information ===
The Great Bird of the Galaxy was the nickname of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, given to him by Associate Producer Robert H. Justman. () In a memo Roddenberry wrote Justman about some of the final script revisions to (the memo was dated ), Roddenberry joked, "May the great bird of the galaxy never fly over your pool table."
An early okudagram was later created during TNG Season 1 that depicted an image of the great bird – Gene's face placed on the body of a parrot wearing a Starfleet uniform. It is seen briefly in at 15:00 and it also appears in . The okudagram was based on a full-color painting Andrew Probert made as a gift for Roddenberry's sixty-sixth birthday in . (Star Trek: The Next Generation 365, pp. 130-131)
The "great bird of the galaxy", according to Peter David, was actually a giant bird, and appeared in the Star Trek: New Frontier novels.
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