#halcyon

• Halcyon — A poetic or mythological designation given to the kingfisher bird or to a legendary seabird that, according to ancient Greek myths, built its nest on sea waves during the winter solstice, with the god Aeolus calming the winds to protect its eggs (halcyon days). It symbolizes peace, tranquility, serenity, and deep natural harmony.
• Alcyone — The Romanian form of the mythological name Alcyone, daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx. Devastated by her husband's death in a shipwreck, she threw herself into the sea, prompting the gods to transform them both into kingfishers (halcyons). In astronomy, it refers to the brightest star in the Pleiades open cluster (Eta Tauri), located in the Taurus constellation.
• Halcyon — Pertaining to the halcyon bird, the mythological seabird, or the legend of Alcyone; characterized by absolute calm, serenity, profound peace, and natural harmony. It is a stylistic variant of the adjective 'alcionic', primarily utilized in literary registers or old poetic translations to describe calm seascapes or states of absolute inner peace.
• Halcyon — Pertaining to the halcyon bird or to the days around the winter solstice when the sea becomes unusually calm; calm, serene, peaceful. In a figurative and literary sense, the term describes a period of absolute tranquility, carefree happiness, or a completely undisturbed atmospheric and spiritual climate.