In the Kebra Nagast, Solomon gets one of these animals to bring him some wood by trapping its young under a brass pot. In a poem, one of these animals describes “seven stages” named for concepts including “unity” and “poverty and nothingness.” An animal whose name may mean “thirty of” these animals helps to raise an albino child abandoned on a mountain and tells a hero to make a double-headed arrow using the branch of a tamarisk tree. In an epic poem, that one of these animals helps Zal perform a cesarean section. A recurring theme in Sufi diwans contrasts a proud rose with a devoted one of these animals. These animals travel across seven valleys to choose a king (10[1])in a poem by Attar of Nishapur titled for their “Conference.” For 10 points, name this type of animal that includes the roc, the simurgh, and the nightingale. ■END■