human-headed-bird-hybrid
morphological
Figures bearing this motif (6)
Garuda · salience 0.9
“Garuda is typically depicted as part man and part eagle, with a golden human torso and limbs, a white face, red wings, and an eagle's beak and talons.”
Sirin · salience 0.9
“depicted with the body of a bird, often an owl or other large bird, and the head and torso of a beautiful woman”
Kyōrinrin · salience 0.6
“Kyōrinrin is drawn as a long-beaked, bird-like tsukumogami with rolled sutra scrolls wound about its head and body and long, reaching arms”
Jataya
“Jataya is described in the sources as a huge, fabulous bird with a human head, counted as a descendant of Garuda, the great bird who serves as the mount of Vishnu, and identified as the sibling of another similarly formed bird named Sampati.”