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The peryton is a mythological hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird. The peryton was first named by Jorge Luis Borges in his 1957 Book of Imaginary Beings, using the fictional device of a supposedly long-lost medieval manuscript.

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Peryton

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The peryton is a mythological hybrid animal combining the physical features of a stag and a bird. The peryton was first named by Jorge Luis Borges in...

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Furfur

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the Latin word for scoundrel. Religion portal The Lesser Key of Solomon Peryton Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879). "A Latin Dictionary". Clarendon...

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Parkes Observatory

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named perytons. Perytons were thought to be of terrestrial origin, such as interference from lightning strikes. In 2015 it was determined that perytons were...

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List of flying mythological creatures

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Minokawa Nephele Nue Odin's ravens, Huginn and Muninn Pegasus - winged horse Peryton Phoenix Raiju Roc Sarimanok Shahbaz Sirens - bird women in Greek mythology...

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Fast radio burst

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origin, detected by the Parkes radio telescope and given the name perytons. In 2015 perytons were shown to be generated when microwave oven doors were opened...

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Book of Imaginary Beings

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Anthrozoology Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge Meinong's jungle Peryton "The book of imaginary beings" (first ed., 1969). LC Online Catalog. LCCN...

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Geoffrey Thorne

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Magazine #3 (AAM Publishing, 2008) The Dame Wore a Tesseract POW!erful Tales (Peryton Publishing, 2009) The Lingering Grief of Twilight Full Throttle Space Tales:...

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List of legendary creatures by type

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antelope horns Keresh (Jewish) – giant deer of the forest of Bei Ilai Peryton (Argentina) – Stag with bird parts Qilin (Chinese) – East Asian chimerical...

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Jorge Luis Borges

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mins) The Garden of Forking Paths Borges site from The Modern Word. De Peryton, a work by Dutch composer Theo Verbey for seven wind instruments inspired...

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List of hybrid creatures in folklore

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creature that has the upper body of a bull and the lower body of a snake. Peryton – A deer with the wings of a bird. Sea goat – A creature that is half-goat...

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Perreton Manor

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Perreton Manor (also Peryton, 16th century) is a manor house on the Isle of Wight, situated in the parish of Arreton. A member of Arreton Manor, it belonged...

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Microwave oven

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List of cooking appliances List of home appliances Microwave chemistry Peryton (astronomy) Robert V. Decareau Thelma Pressman Wall oven Here "efficient"...

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The Enchanted World

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other beasts such as the manticore, mermecolion, barometz, basilisk, and peryton. The book contains 143 pages and is divided into the following three chapters...

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Nigel Findley

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Game was the last documented winner. Dragon magazine "The Ecology of the Peryton" (February 1984, Dragon issue #82) "The Ecology of the Will-o-Wisp" (July...

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Aerodium

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is four times the size of a typical wind tunnel. It was given the name Peryton and used by Tom Cruise while training for the sixth installment in the...

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Theo Verbey

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Passamezzo for saxophone quartet 1990 De Peryton for 7 wind instruments inspired by Jorge Luis Borges the Peryton 1988, rev. 1997 Chaconne, for string trio...

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Mythological Menagerie

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as mythological animals: A Gulon; A Mi'raj; A Basilisk; A Catoblepas; A Peryton; A Shadhahvar; An Eale; and A Barometz. Frustrated, Donald becomes obsessed...

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