A study on Myths and legends of Gamayun from Russia

4. Gamayun — Prophetic Bird
Gamayun is a talking bird who foretells the future and tells
fortunes. Its name is derived from the Russian word “gam” or
“kam”, meaning “noise”, hence are the words “kamlat” (i.e. to
perform shamanistic rituals) and “shaman”. In the Belorussian
language the word “gamanits” means “to speak, to talk”. In Old
Russian tradition Gamayun Bird served to pagan gods, namely
Veles, Kryshen, Kolyada and Dazhbog, and she was the one to
“sing” the “Starry Book of the Vedas”.
Famous Russian artist Victor Vasnetsov (1848-1926) depicted the
oracular bird as an alarming and somber creature in his painting
“Gamayun — Prophetic Bird” (1897). This disquiet, worry and
prophetic vision of the fantastic bird in the painting inspired
Alexander Blok’s same-name poem.

9. MYTHOLOGY IS ALL AROUND US. FOR HINDUS LIKE
US, WE BELIEVE INTHE MYTHOLOGY OF LORD
GANESHA WHO HASTHE HEAD OF AN ELEPHANT AND
THE BODY OF A HUMAN. BEFORE STARTING ANYTHING
WE TAKE HIS NAME BECAUSE , IT IS SAID THAT
WHEN HIS FATHER(LORD SHIVA) CUT HIS HEAD HIS
MOTHER WAS ANGRY AND ASKED HIM TO BRING HIM
BACK TO LIFE. HIS FATHER GOT THE HEAD OF AN
ELEPHANT AND REPLACED IT.
HE ALSO TOLD THAT IF SOMEONE STARTED
SOMETHING NEW BEFORE SAYING GANESHA ‘S
NAME THAT THING WOULD BE UNSUCCESSFUL.

10. Gamayun – Prophetic Bird
On expanses of endless waters
By the sunset in purple robed
It prophesies and sings
Unable to raise its worried wings
It augurs yoke of evilTartars,
It foretells bloody executions,
Upheaval, fires and famine,
Power of evil and ruin of righteous. . .
Enveloped in the pre-eternal awe,
Its splendid face burns with love,
But resound with truth pythonic
Its lips parched with blood!