Aug 24, 2023
𐊌 BEASTIARY LOG: CICERO, cicero is an ercinee, kenneth's firebird and notable companion. this was a magical a creature first logged by julius caesar during his march through the hercynian forest, also known as the black forest or the forest on the rhine. it is though that the ercinee, a beast and bird of prey, may be a cousin to the phoenix.
CHAP. 67.—FOREIGN BIRDS: in the hercynian forest [ … of germany ] we hear of a singular kind of bird, the feathers of which shine at night like fire — the ends of certain feathers of the wings being extended, and of a vermilion colour: but cuvier looks upon pliny's account as almost nothing more than a poetical exaggeration.