"Bird Gods" is a strange book from 1898. It argues that birds are the root of most mythologies. Not death, childbirth, sex, war, astronomy, or any of that fluff.

The illustration style is ... neo-Celtic meets Art Nouveau, maybe? These are my favorites, but you can find more here:
https://archive.org/details/birdgods00kaygoog/

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