[[birds-wings]] [[anatidae]] # Swans [Wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan#In-culture) Swans are intimately associated with the divine twins in Indo-European religions, and it is thought that in Proto-Indo-European times, swans were a solar symbol associated with the divine twins and the original Indo-European sun goddess. (O'Brien, Steven (1982). "Dioscuric Elements in Celtic and Germanic Mythology". Journal of Indo-European Studies. 10 (1 & 2): 117–136.) ## Seasonal They fly south for the winter. In Celtic literature one girl is said to be in bird form half the year. ## Celtic ## Misc [[gershenson1992]]