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1545, in halcyon dayes (L. alcyonei dies, Gk. alkyonides hemerai), 14 days of calm weather at the winter solstice, when a mythical bird (identified with the kingfisher) was said to breed in a nest floating on calm seas.
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Word of the Day - Learn one new word everyday on Dictionary.com ... Halcyon derives from Latin (h)alcyon, from Greek halkuon, a mythical bird, kingfisher. This bird was fabled by the Greeks to nest at sea, about the time of the winter solstice, and, during incubation, to calm the waves...
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Thereafter, the mythical halcyon birds built floating nests on the sea at the time of the winter solstice, and pulled in one more favor from the gods, specifically Aeolus. During the two-week period during the solstice when the pair was brooding, he ensured the air was calm and the seas were tranquil.
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During the period when the Halcyon is laying and hatching its eggs, the seas are very calm and there is fine weather. That is where the expression "Halcyon days" comes from. ... Dave's Mythical Creatures and Places...
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Halcyon is a giant mythical bird that rest on the waves in the sea. That is alot like Boma and Smitty they are Mythical Humans who rest on the water in the north of Vancouver British Columbia. They have dedicated thier lives to teaching growing and sharing the knowledge of Hemp and what it means to be Rastafari.
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halcyon - a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power of calming the winds and waves...
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www.thefreedictionary.com/halcyon
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The Ultimate Language Resource on the Web. ... This word started out as a compound noun containing Greek hals "salt, sea" + kuon "conceiving, being pregnant", the present participle of kuo "to conceive", somewhat remindful of the halcyon's mythical habits.
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www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/halcyon
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about halcyon days. halcyon days. Information about halcyon days in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... Period of two weeks of calm seas around the winter solstice, when the mythical halcyon (a bird identified with the kingfisher) was brooding over a nest at sea.
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Lugia (Rugia in (also Revelation Lugia), and then in the video games Pokémon Gold And Silver , where this Pokémon represents the Silver version of the game. ... A mythic beast comparable to Lugia other than the Shinto kami Ryujin is the mythical Greek Halcyon . Lugia might have also been based off Hurakan , the Mayan god...
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