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Anqa

Qazwini's depiction of the anqa in The Wonders of Creation

Anqa (Arabic: عَنْقَاء, romanizedʿanqāʾ),[1] also spelled 'Anqa' , or Anka, or Anqa Mughrib or Anqa al-Mughrib (Arabic: العَنْقَاء المُغْرِب),[a] is a golden mysterious or fabulous female bird in Arabian mythology. She is said to fly far away and only appear once in ages. However, it is also said that she can be found at "the place of the setting of the sun".[1]

  1. ^ a b Lane, Edward William (1863). Arabic-English Lexicon. London: Cosimo Classics. p. 2177. ISBN 9781616408985. Retrieved 3 October 2019.


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