Dear Dr. Ryder, if Rossany writes, I feed the birds in my backyard, goldfinches, warblers, and the like.

Some have gotten so used to me they eat from my tea saucer. About a week ago a new bird showed up, very small

with yellow eyes and dark plumage and a gorgeous melody. He was very friendly and I welcomed him at my table.

Over weeks he got larger. First about the size of a crow. The other birds started to avoid him, but the other day I looked into my backyard and I

swear I saw something the size of a hawk covered in dark plumage with yellow eyes.

I didn't go outside, but it sang the same melody I heard on the bird's first visit, but in a way as if it were mocking me.

I can't stop hearing the song in my dreams now.

What should I do?

Efrozny, I couldn't help but notice your unique name.

What knowledge of cryptids and mythology I have is my name. What knowledge of cryptids and mythology I have is mostly confined to

North America. However, what you're dealing with is actually a predatory creature

from Greece. For listeners,

you, Frozini, is a name from Greek mythology,

one of the charities and goddess of mirth.

She's also the daughter of Nix, the Goddess of Night, and Erebus, the

God of Darkness. Nix and Erebus had three daughters, each of which became a celebrated goddess, but Nix and Erebus had a sun as well. Whereas their daughters were bright and beautiful, the sun took on traits that were more like his mother and father,

namely wherever he walked, he brought with him the night and darkness. He was called Skia or in English Shadow. And when he was still a child,

Shadow was exiled from Mount Olympus by order of Zeus. The ruler of the gods hated

the boy as he had the ability to follow anyone unseen, including the God of gods. Shadow in turn grew to hate his

sisters as they were made into goddesses and loved by all.

In his jealousy he wished to harm them.

Shadow could not do so directly as long as his sisters were on Mount Olympus.

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