What is a roc?

in Persian mythology is a roc giant prey capable of taking away living elephants. ROC can be found in the Literature in the Middle East already in the 8th century. Explorer Marco Polo first drew Roc to the western world attention in his highly decorated 13th century traveling and a gigantic bird also appears several times in Arab nights

never has been evidence of a real prey bird approaching ROC, which is Marol's polo (15 meters). Its feathers are said to be 24 feet long (7 meters) and eggs of more than 150 feet (46 meters). Roc stories seem to have been a perfect opportunity for authors to practice hyperbole. Despite the fact that there is no giant prey bird known to the science, there were giant birds such as the extinct elephant Madagascar bird, which Marco Polo could meet well on his travels. The elephant was 10 feet high (3 meters) and without flight.

ROC has parallels in many cultures around the world, including folklore of native Americans, European Jews and Chinese. Some believe that ROC stories actually have a foundation. As with the dragons, Roc's ideas could be informed in fossil findings in antiquity before people had tools to interpret them properly. It was also assumed that ROC was inspired by the appearance of the Sun during an eclipse that was somewhat similar to the bird - the same theory was used to explain to Egyptian mythology.

Another theory is that ROC is an incorrect interpretation of real animals that seemed to be strange to observers, which is a common problem with the natural history of the camera days ago. Such an animal could enlarge and get features and abilies in every narrative. Some great prey birds can take away baby lambs, and this view could inspire the stories of Roc's behavior with elephants. The basis of the legendary ROC can also be large, without flightwithout flight.