It is considered a giant animal/monster corresponding to
archetypal creatures. Rabbis have said that the Ziz is comparable to the Persian
Simurgh, while modern scholars compare the Ziz to the Sumerian
Anzû and the Ancient Greek
phoenix. There is only passing mention of the Ziz in the Bible, found in "I know all the birds of the mountains and z
îz śād̲ai [] is mine" and "The boar from the forest ravages it, and
zîz śād̲ai feeds on it", and these are often lost in translation from the Hebrew, His text is echoed in English by Samuel Purchas in 1613:
Humphrey Prideaux in 1698 describes the Ziz as being like a giant celestial rooster: == See also ==