Picus

Japanese: Picus
Picus

...There are 10 species of birds that live in Japan as resident or migratory birds: the Japanese bush warbler, black woodpecker (illustration), grey-capped woodpecker, green woodpecker (illustration), great spotted woodpecker, spotted woodpecker (illustration), little spotted woodpecker, Japanese pygmy woodpecker (illustration), three-toed woodpecker, and Noguchi's woodpecker (illustration). [Takashi Saito]
[Myths and legends]
The woodpecker is called Pix in Latin, and in Roman mythology, Saturn's son Picus was transformed into this bird because he rejected the love of the witch Circe. Ovid also tells us that Romulus and Remus were raised on the milk of wolves, who provided food for the woodpecker.

From [Corner]

… Many gods who represent fertility, fertility, or power have horns. The Egyptians Isis and Hathor are depicted with bull horns and a sun disk, and the Greeks Pan and Satyr are also depicted with horns. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Picus suddenly grows horns, which he interprets as a sign that he will become king. Horns are also placed on altars in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as a symbol of divine power. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Picus" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本には,アリスイ,クマゲラ(イラスト),ヤマゲラ,アオゲラ(イラスト),オオアカゲラ,アカゲラ(イラスト),コアカゲラ,コゲラ(イラスト),ミユビゲラ,ノグチゲラ(イラスト)の10種が留鳥,または漂鳥として生息している。【斎藤 隆史】
[神話,伝承]
 キツツキはラテン語でピクスといい,ローマ神話によればサトゥルヌスの子ピクスPicusが魔女キルケの愛を拒んだためにこの鳥に変身させられたと伝えられる。またオウィディウスによれば,ロムルスとレムスがオオカミの乳で育ったおり,キツツキにも食物の供給を受けたといわれる。…

【角】より

…生産力や豊穣あるいは力を体現する神には角を有する例が多く,エジプトのイシスやハトホルは牛の角と日輪を頂く姿,ギリシアのパンやサテュロスも角をもつ姿で表される。オウィディウスの《転身物語》には,突然角を生じたピクスPicusが,これを王となる前兆と解釈する話がある。またユダヤ教,キリスト教,イスラム教の祭壇には神の力の象徴として角が置かれる。…

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