History Main / WingedHumanoid

* In the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', Philza canonically has a pair of wings, though they are not visible on his Minecraft skin (they are implied to be hidden under his cape), as a MythologyGag to him almost constantly wearing a pair of Elytra in his Hardcore series. They became shredded after he used them to shield his son, Wilbur from the detonation of Manburg during his debut stream, to the point that [[BrokenAngel he can no longer use them to fly]]. His Syndicate codename, "[[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming Zephyrus]]", is also a reference to this, as [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the Anemoi]] are depicted with a pair of wings when they are personified.

* In Creator/RobertEHoward's ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' story "Literature/QueenOfTheBlackCoast", winged humanoids are the BackStory behind the ruins and treasure they find.

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* Birdmen are a recurring enemy type in the ''Literature/FightingFantasy'' series of books. ''Literature/CavernsOfTheSnowWitch'' has a powerful birdman as a Skill 12 ClimaxBoss (his Skill is high because he can fly, while you're standing unsteadily on a muddy marsh) while they come back in ''Literature/FangsOfFury'', ''Literature/DaggersOfDarkness'', ''Literature/StealerOfSouls'' and ''Literature/{{Stormslayer}}'' as minor encounters.
* The quest of the four-part epic adventure, ''Literature/{{Sorcery}}'' is in fact kicked off when the birdmen serving the Archmage of Mampang steals the sacred Crown of Kings, and the hero, the Champion of Analand, must set off on a lengthy quest to retrieve the crown. In the fourth book when the hero finally reaches the Mampang Fortress, the then finds out there's a LaResistance of lawful birdmen against the Archmage's tyranny - after defeating the Archmage, the hero then enlists the assistance of a birdman ally named Peewit Croo to fly him all the way back home.
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* Barbara Berger's ''Gwinna'' starts out in classical fairy tale mode with the added twist that the little WonderChild girl has wings, which her mom tries to bind to keep the child with her. Doesn't work, of course.

* In ''All Tomorrows'' one of the future human descendants shown is the Pterosapiens. Unlike most examples here, they have their forelimbs modified into wings rather than separate wings growing from their shoulders. They were genetically engineered to have an extra-high metabolism to support both their large brain and their ability to fly; the tradeoff for this is that they have short lifespans.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}'', those possessed by raven spirits seem to be able to have magical wings appear whenever they want.

%%* Peter Greenaway's ''Flying Out Of This World'' art exhibition and companion book treat this subject seriously and philosophically.

* ''Growing Wings'', by Laurel Winter, features a girl named Linnet who, at [[PubertySuperpower puberty]], starts growing large, auburn-feathered wings. It's revealed that her mother had them too, but her grandmother cut them off with a knife. Even later we find that that's what happened to the grandmother, too. In time she joins a little commune of people with a similar issue; the cutwings are normal except for the scars on their backs, there's a young man whose wings were bound instead of cut and as a result are tiny and stunted, and a few with whole wings. Notably, ''none'' of them can fly, though one is obsessed with the idea. They're just not adapted for it.

* Andrea tries out ''Mail-Order Wings'' in Beatrice Gormley's book by that name. It's a bit darker as she becomes more birdlike as she goes along and finally has to give them up.

* ''Self-Portrait with Wings'' by Susan Kohn Green has would-be figure skater Jennifer idly sketching same with some iridescent pencils she doesn't know are magic. She wakes up the next morning with the huge gossamer wings she's depicted. They're invisible, but can be seen in a mirror. She has to go to school like that, and they're nothing but [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything a huge, painful]] [[DCupDistress nuisance]] except when she's skating. Fortunately, she finds a way to get rid of them.

* In the juvenile novel ''Wings'' by Bill Brittain, the main character is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who inexplicably develops a huge pair of fully functional bat-like wings.

* ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}'' has an awful lot of these. Avians are an entire race of them, and Raven's wings seem permanent.

* ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}'' has vanishing wings as well as solid ones. Those possessed by Ravens seem to be able to have wings appear whenever they want.

* Creator/AlexandreCabanel's ''Art/TheFallenAngel'': By welding [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Grecorroman]] art and [[UsefulNotes/{{Christianity}} religion]], UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance artistic movement started the whole idea of Christian angels being winged humanoids. A trend that Neoclassicists such as Cabanel followed. Therefore, not only the angels in the background are depicted as young men with feathery wings, but also Lucifer, the [[TitleCharacter titular fallen angel}}. The good angel's wings are white while Lucifer's are slowly darkening.

** Both [[HornyDevils Kurumu]] and [[HotWitch Ruby]] become these in their true forms. Though technically Ruby MIGHT not have them without her magic, since hers is based more on shapeshifting (c.f. her turning into birds, etc.).

** [[HornyDevils Persey]] and [[AngelUnaware Evanine]] in the Tales of Arterra mods for the first game.

* ''[[Fanfic/LuzClawthorneTwoWorldsOneFamily Luz Clawthorne]]'': [[spoiler:During her second cambionic transformation, Luz]] gains a pair of bat wings giving her the power of flight. It becomes more in line with the trope when [[spoiler:she learns how to summon her wings without fully transforming.]]

* Millenia from ''VideoGame/GrandiaII''. Justified in that she's the Wings of Valmar. Strangely enough, despite being a fragment of Valmar, she's not an Eldritch Abomination(actually [[HotAsHell mighty sexy]]).

** Mesuline are another species with bat-like wings, and while they can't use them to fly, thry can use them to swim with.

* Haruka and Sugino from ''Manga/{{Tactics}}'', with black and white wings respectively.

* The Simurgh is a unconventional {{Kaiju}} from Literature/{{Worm}} and Literature/{{Ward}} is just humanoid enough to count for this trope though {{Exagerated}} and PlayedForHorror. She is '''absolutely covered''' in wings, that sprout asymmetrically from everywhere on her almost five meter tall body. There are hints infact that her body is nothing but wings in the rough shape of a giant woman.

* ''VideoGame/{{Arknights}}'' has two characters of the pseudo-angelic race, the Sankta: three-star Adnachiel and six-star Exusiai, both snipers from Laterano that can enter into contracts with Doctor's pharmaceutical R&D firm Rhodes Island in the quest to cure Oripathy and defeat the terrorist faction known as Reunion. Sankta have wings as well as a halo; their wings appear as an array of {{Hard Light}} triangles behind their backs and their halos hover about six inches over their heads in a similar fashion. [[BilingualBonus Both of their names are references to angelic qualities in Hebrew and Greek, respectively.]]

* ''Fanfic/LuzClawthorne'': [[spoiler:During her second cambionic transformation, Luz]] gains a pair of bat wings giving her the power of flight. It becomes more in line with the trope when [[spoiler:she learns how to summon her wings without fully transforming.]]

* ''Literature/TheWitchesOfEileanan'': As the result of having [[BalefulPolymorph spent several years in the form of a blackbird]], [[spoiler:Lachlan [=MacCuinn=]]] has a set of large, black wings. He doesn't initially think he can fly with them due to a FreakinessShame, but eventually learns how to do so. [[spoiler:His son Donncan inherits the wings.]]

* In the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', {{LetsPlay/Philza}} canonically has a pair of wings, though they are not visible on his Minecraft skin (they are implied to be hidden under his cape), as a MythologyGag to him almost constantly wearing a pair of Elytra in his Hardcore series. They became shredded after he used them to shield his son, Wilbur from the detonation of Manburg during his debut stream, to the point that [[BrokenAngel he can no longer use them to fly]]. His Syndicate codename, "[[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming Zephyrus]]", is also a reference to this, as [[Myth/ClassicalMythology the Anemoi]] are depicted with a pair of wings when they are personified.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'''s Summoner underwent an extremely rare secondary pupation in trolls sometime during his early adulthood and ended up with a large pair of butterfly wings. He could fly with them, too.
** Thanks to strange game mechanics, any NPC wearing a royal ring from the first Sburb session gets a whole host of awesome powers, including flight and some wings. Flight in general is unrelated to wings, they're mostly there for flavour or mandatory part of a transformation.
** There's also Davepetaprite^2, who got Davesprite's wings which, combined with getting actual legs on becoming a sprite squared, puts them squarely in this trope.

* Harpuia and half-Harpuia in ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki'' definitely qualify, even if the wings are from lower in the back. And while their neutral battlefield stance is standing, they do take advantage of it via the very useful [[NoSell Float]] willpower.
** ''VideoGame/AgarestSenki 2'' however has Yumil who ''always'' uses her wings in battles.

* Mildred from ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'' has angelic wings, but she's [[LightIsNotGood Evil]] [[BigBad with a capital "E"]].

* ''Literature/ArcanaMagi'' and ''Literature/ArcanaMagiZero'' feature naturally winged humanoids. Alysia Morales in ''Arcana Magi'' sprouts a pair of misty magical wings after becoming a Sentinel.

* Three characters in ''Literature/TheQuestportChronicles'' have these; apparently natural for two of them. The third was given wings through a spell.
* Angels and demons in the ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'' series. They're rationalized, however, as using hydrogen-filled sacs within their bodies to fly and wings for maneuvering and thrust.