{{Short description|Mythological bird}} {{Turkic mythology}}
'''Muu shuvuu''' ({{langx|xal|му шовун|mu şovun}}; {{Langx|bua|муу шубуун|muu šubuun}}; {{Langx|mn|муу шувуу}};{{efn|Mongolian script: {{MongolUnicode|ᠮᠠᠭᠤ ᠰᠢᠪᠠᠭᠤ}}}} {{literal translation|harmful bird}}; also romanized as '''mu shuvuu''', '''muu shuwuu''', '''moh shuvuu''', '''muu shovun''', or '''mu shubuun''') is a mythological bird in Turkic and, Mongolic mythology. They would look like young girls but have a sharp beak, which they try to cover either in a veil or with their hands. With their beaks, they would try to suck out the blood of the bodies of their victims.<ref>Gregory Delaplace, P. Chuluunbat. (2022) When the Picture Comes in. Inner Asia 24:1, pages 103-130: CrossrefBirtalan, “Die Mythologie der mongolischen Volksreligion,” 1007–8; Okladnikov, Petroglify Baykala, 49</ref> They were especially dangerous to travellers or lonely hunters. Muu shuvuu is believed to be usually created when a girl dies young or by violent death. The girl's soul would turn into a muu shuvuu then. When a father hides a flint in his deceased daughters hand, however, he would turn her soul into one as well.<ref>Christian Demonology and Popular Mythology. (2006). Ungarn: Central European University Press. p. 257</ref>
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