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The Orphan Bird is a little-known creature from a medieval bestiary by Pierre de Beauvais. It's so little-known, in fact, that his work is one of the only known mentions of the creature. Not much is known about the author, either—only that he composed two bestiaries prior to 1218 that detail a number of mythological creatures that weren't even originally from Europe.
The Orphan Bird is from India and described as having the body of a crane, the neck and chest of a peacock, the feet of an eagle, and feathers that are black, red, and white. The mother Orphan Bird lays her eggs in water, and there are two different kinds - good and bad. The good eggs float, and when they hatch, the mother and father raise them, welcoming them into the world and rejoicing in their appearance. The bad eggs sink to the bottom of the water and hatch there. These bad birds are condemned to live in darkness beneath the water. It's thought that the Orphan Bird is an allegory for the good souls who will rise to heaven and the bad ones who are condemned to a life of darkness in hell.
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