Minokawa

Minokawa is an ancient dragon like bird in Philippine legends. Early people believed that the Minokawa was big enough to swallow the sun and that could cause eclipses. The Minokawa is as large as the islands of Negros or Bohol. It is said to have to have a beak of steel and claws also made of steel. The Minokawa's eyes were mirrors, and each feather was as sharp as swords. The Minokawa lives outside the sky, at the eastern horizon, ready to seize the moon and after the unsuccessful attempt of swallowing the moon, it journeys and haunts again lurking under the earth.