Roc
or RUKH, a fabulous bird of immense size, able to carry off an elephant in its talons. The idea is familiar in the East, and every reader will remember it in the "Arabian Nights' Entertainments." Mythical birds of similar size and strength were the Arabian anka and the Persian simurgh. The amru or sinamru was an older Persian supernatural bird; the Indian garuda, which bears Vishnu, is the king of birds.