Talk:Alkonost
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> Viktor Vasnetsov's Sirin (left) and Alkonost (right) Birds of Joy and Sorrow (1896) Wrong: Sirin is on the RIGHT, Alkonost is on the LEFT. - Sobol.
Occult nonsense
[edit]Alkonost does not derive from any "Greek" word, but from the word "ALKA"+NOST or NOSIT (carry; carrying). Alka is Halka or Kalka or Kauka or Kavka, a special bird ( Corvus monedula).
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