Wings of Ill Omen
20 creatures confidence: high community #3
giant-wingspan (16) with harbinger-precedes-disaster (12): winged shapes whose passing is read as the warning [named growth-05, approved by mk 2026-07-28]
What binds them
The shared documented vocabulary this family coheres around — each link lists every carrier of that motif or power.
- giant wingspan (motif, shared ×16)
- harbinger precedes disaster (motif, shared ×12)
- fear inducing roar (power, shared ×8)
- blood curdling scream (motif, shared ×6)
- hypnotic gaze (power, shared ×6)
- silent flight (motif, shared ×5)
- razor sharp talons (power, shared ×5)
- glowing red eyes (motif, shared ×4)
Spans 8 tradition families: other ×6 · european ×4 · african ×3 · east-asian ×2 · south-american ×2 · southeast-asian ×1 · north-american-indigenous ×1 · celtic ×1
Members
- Ahool
- Bashe
- Batsquatch
- Baykok
- Black Annis
- Black Shuck
- Bunny Man
- Harpy
- Jersey Devil
- Kalanoro
- Kasa-obake
- Kikiyaon
- Kongamato
- Llamhigyn Y Dwr
- Mapinguari
- Mothman
- Owlman
- Sheepsquatch
- Snallygaster
- Trauco
Affinity families assert documented resemblance — shared motifs and powers that beat a null model — never genealogy. Descent is a different claim, made only by the gold curated-kinship edges on the constellation. Discovered by deterministic community detection; see all affinity families.