Talk:Harpy

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Harpies changed from beautiful winged women to vicious monsters? What?


  • If I remember correctly, Harpies are depicted as horses in the Illiad, and it may have been their first form (winds ere associated with horses, and Harpies was nefast winds) -- Bloodstained Agar

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[edit] Cleanup

Anyone else thinks this article needs cleaning up? I don't want to tread on anyones toes, but i think the links for "wing" and "women" can be removed, they don't really add anything, also a re-ordering/sectionning might be nice. If there are no replies, i'll have a go myself. i'd love to get a pic too ;) FrancisTyers 20:36, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)


Yes, do we really need all those obscure references to computer games and anime? Don't get me wrong, I love video games. But they don't add a lot to the article. I think two or three examples of more widely-known usage in fiction would suffice, rather than all these - rather obscure - notes. Story Weaver 18:29, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Disinfobox

The disinfobox, telling the reader that a Harpy is also known as a "baby stealer", that its habitat is "Land and Air", its "country" given as "World", has been deleted. No doubt there will be howls of dismay from our pre-teens... --Wetman 18:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[edit]

[edit] Harpies in Fiction Section

I am deleting the following text from the Harpies in Fiction section: In Gregory Maguire's "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister," Clara (Cinderella) calls her stepmother an "old widowed harpy." "Harpy" is a term meaning a predatory or shrewish woman. It would be okay to mention that the term comes from harpies if that is true, but if we start listing every use of the term, this will be a very long and pointless article. :) I also agree about the video games. We don't need a list of instances, just a mention that it is a popular creature in games. --66.192.236.126 20:12, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] what about the Holyhead Harpies?

as in the quidditch team from Wales? They should be added to the Harpies in fiction section. (maybe - "The Holyhead Harpies is the name of a Quidditch team from Wales in the Harry Potter Universe.") horizon (talk) 13:43, 21 February 2008 (UTC)