Do you dream of flight? Or seek art showing winged characters? Join us!

Pteraphiles seek, imagine, and enjoy seeing wings, as possessed by humanoids in art and culture ... one day, in science as well? We can imagine it, with pleasure! If you like winged sentient beings, depicted in “this world,” take flight here!

(We focus on any “realistic” winged character that’s at least part humanoid. Dragons, pegasi, other non-humanoid beings, and entirely religious or symbolic works are explored in other fine Groups.)

When you join us, the Files area has many works of winged art and stories for download. The Attachments section points you to our outside archive of art attached to Group messages. And we invite you to post!

Art at right: “The Daughter of Icarus,” © 1998 by Ruth Thompson