In another myth, the queen of Sparta, Leda, impressed Zeus with her beauty. The Lord of the Gods appeared before her in the form of an early swan. Ice caressed a swan, and soon the bird brought an egg from which the beautiful Elena was born, which eventually broke out the Trojan War.
The Germans consider swans for birds that can predict the future. The souls of the young girls, especially the pure and blameless, were inhaling them.
In the Slavs the swan is a personification of family fidelity and beauty. In Russia, there is a belief that someone will kill a swan, death will kill not only him but his whole family.
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