Also known as ruk, rukh, rokh, rukk
mythological bird
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- Other name
- Rukh
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- Mythology
- Similar entities
- Simurgh , Ziz , phoenix , thunderbird , Garuḍa , Dàpéng
- Folklore
- Middle Eastern
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The roc is a legendary bird of prey which featured in popular mythology of the Middle East, consistently depicted with an enormous size, allowing it to dispatch elephants with minimal effort.
The roc appears in Arab geographies and natural history, popularized in Arabian fairy tales and sailors' folklore. The roc features in the story collection One Thousand and One Nights, which includes the bird in two tales; "Abd al-Rahman the Maghribi's Story of the Rukh" and "Sinbad the Sailor".
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