Huma bird the Arabic 'Maʼa' which means water." The Huma bird is said to never come to rest, living its entire life flying invisibly high above the earth, and never alighting on the ground (in some legends it is said to have no legs). In several variations of the Huma myths, the bird is said to be phoenix-like, consuming itself in fire every few hundred years, only to rise anew from the ashes. The Huma bird is said to have both the male and female natures in one body (reminiscent of the Chinese Fenghuang), each nature having one wing and one leg.
Bi Fang bird by various persons associated with the circle around Liu An, ruler of Huainan, dating back to the second century BCE. "Huainanzi" associates the Bi Fang bird with the Wu Xing element Wood (Strassberg 2002, 110-111) Bi Fang bird The Bi Fang (畢方) is a mythological bird, encountered in Chinese mythology. The Bi Fang is thought to have one leg. The importance of the Bi Fang bird is that it is one of the creatures of Chinese mythology. However, sources vary in terms of its description. Han Fei dates back to the third century BCE.The Bi Fang bird is described by