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Halcyon
Halcyon are birds also called kingfishers. The name is from Greek legend and the ancient belief that the bird nested on the sea, which it calmed in order to lay its eggs on a floating nest. Two weeks of calm weather were expected around the winter solstice for halcyon nesting. This myth led to use of halcyon as synonym for peace and quiet.