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'''Byangoma''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]] ব্যাঙ্গমা, feminine ''Byangomi'' ব্যাঙ্গমী) are legendary human-faced birds of [[Bengali folklore]], appearing notably in the fairytales of ''[[Thakurmar Jhuli]]'', where they are portrayed as wise, fortune-telling birds that help the deserving.<br />
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In ''Thakurmar Jhuli'' by [[Dakshinaranjan Mitra Majumder]], the fairy-tale "Lalkamal Neelkamal" describe how the nestlings of these birds are sightless at birth and how few drops of blood from a donor can activate their sight.<ref name= sight>{{cite web| url= https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/8thday/our-mythological-birds-1502738352.html|title= Our mythological birds|date= 13 March 2019|publisher= The Statesman|accessdate= 22 August 2020}}</ref> Lalkamal and Neelkamal are the eponymous princes who seek help from these birds living on a tree at the edge of ''Tepantorer Math'' (The Field of Three Horizons). The birds display remarkable strength in carrying the princes on their backs safely across the very large field.<br />
The book also contains illustrations of the birds drawn by the author.<ref name=jhuli>{{cite book|last=Mitra Majumdar|first=Dakshinaranjan|title=Thakurmar Jhuli|date=1907}}</ref><br />
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The [[Victoria Memorial, Kolkata|Victoria Memorial]] houses a painting by Abanindranath Tagore, captioned "ব্যাঙ্গমা-ব্যাঙ্গমী". The English title is "The vision anybird" (1939). In Abanindranath's version, the birds are smaller and do not have human faces.<br />
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