Harpy
| A harpy in the heraldic style, John Vinycomb, 1906. | |
| Creature information | |
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| Grouping | Legendary creature | 
| Sub grouping | Hybrid | 
| Similar entities | Siren | 
| Origin | |
| Country | Greek and Roman | 
| Part of a series on | 
| Greek mythology | 
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| Heroes and heroism | 
| Related | 
| Ancient Greece portal Myths portal | 
In Greek and Roman mythology, a harpy (plural harpies, Ancient Greek: ἅρπυια, romanized: hárpyia, pronounced [hárpyːa]; Latin: harpȳia) is a half-human and half-bird mythical creature, often believed to be a personification of storm winds. They feature in Homeric poems.