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Jatayu

animal_ally sky Hindu single tradition · 3

Jatayu is the youngest son of Aruna and brother of Sampati. He is a vulture and nephew of Garuda.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
500 BCE
Attested period
-500 – 2020
Historical notes
Appears in the Ramayana.

Relationships

co occurs with
Jack Frost, Jack-In-Irons, Jasy Jaterei, Jaud, Jenglot, Jenu, Jersey Devil, Jibakurei, Jievaras, Jikininki, Jipijka'm, Jiu tou niao, Jörmungandr, Jorōgumo, Jotai, Jötunn, Aruṇa, Vinata, Prajapati Daksha, Vali, Sugriva, Kaśyapa, Bagala, Krauncha, Nadijangha, Jengu, jinn, Jiangshi, Jiufeng, Jogah, Jumbee, Jentil, Sūrya, Garuda
sibling of
Sampati
child of
Aruṇa, Shyeni

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (3)
  1. List of legendary creatures in Hindu mythology
  2. List of legendary creatures (J)
  3. Aruna (Hinduism)

Source passages

“Jatayu is the youngest son of Aruna, brother of Sampati.”

#4704 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Jatayu (Hindu mythology) – Vulture demigod”

#4812 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“According to the Ramayana, Aruna was married to Shyeni with whom he had two sons – Jatayu and Sampati. Both of them would play a very important role in the epic.”

#16462 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001