Swan
Common English surname
Swan appears as a surname and in place names: Swan River, Swan Lake.
The constellation Cygnus is sometimes called the Swan.
Billy the Kid was shot by Pat Garrett at Pete Maxwell's house in Fort Sumner—Maxwell's partner was Wilson Waddingham, but Swan is unrelated to that story. (Lowercase swan is the bird.)
ballet
Bewitched maiden, avian form
Odette
Bewitched maiden, avian form
Zeus
Greek sky god
- CygnusSwan constellation or genus
- ApolloSun deity, moonshot namesake
- transformationThorough change in form
enchantment · curse · maiden · prince · sorcerer · Saraswati · hamsa · Brahma
Cygnus
Swan constellation or genus
- DenebCygnus's brightest star
- Australian RiversMurray, Snowy, Hunter, Fitzroy, Mitchell
- pub namesThe Crown, Royal Oak, White Horse, Green Man, Golden Fleece
- Boat BrandsHatteras, Hinckley, Viking, Bavaria, Bertram
- Elizabethan LondonGlobe Theatre, Southwark, River Thames, Blackfriars, Shakespeare
- Rolling PapersJob, Top, DLX, Shine, king size
- ParsifalWagner, Holy Grail
- swan songFinal work or performance
- swan diveArched forward plunge
- black swanDark-feathered Australian waterfowl
- Swan LakeRomantic Russian ballet
- swan boatBird-shaped paddle craft
- black swan eventUnforeseen high-impact occurrence