A Pegasus-like beast with the wings of one of these creatures can be seen on some early Athenian vases. In Greek myth, Ares turns Alektryon into one of these creatures because he let Helios peep on him and Aphrodite. In Norse myth, although not a falcon or an eagle, one of these birds perches atop the world tree, and another golden one will toll th
A Pegasus-like beast with the wings of one of these creatures can be seen on some early Athenian vases. In Greek myth, Ares turns Alektryon into one of these creatures because he let Helios peep on him and Aphrodite. In Norse myth, although not a falcon or an eagle, one of these birds perches atop the world tree, and another golden one will toll the onset of (*) Ragnarok. Those birds are Vidofnir and Fjalar. In Japanese myth, several of these birds were used to trick Amaterasu into leaving her cave by making her think it had dawned outside. For 10 points, name these barnyard birds, of which Chaucer's Chanticleer is an example, which typically mate with hens.
A Pegasus-like beast with the wings of one of these creatures can be seen on some early Athenian vases.
Roosters [accept cocks; prompt on chickens; do not accept "hens"]