Editing Roc (mythology) (section)

==Religious tradition==
{{Unreferenced section|date=January 2010}}

===Michael Drayton===
Through the 16th century the existence of the roc could be accepted by Europeans. In 1604, [[Michael Drayton]] envisaged the rocs being taken aboard [[Noah's Ark|the Ark]]:

<blockquote><poem>All feathered things yet ever knowne to men,
From the huge Rucke, unto the little Wren;
From Forrest, Fields, from Rivers and from Pons,
All that have webs, or cloven-footed ones;
To the Grand Arke, together friendly came,
Whose severall species were too long to name.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The works of Michael Drayton|last=Drayton|first=Michael|publisher=Blackwell|year=1961|volume=3|location=Oxford|pages=338}}</ref></poem></blockquote>

===Ethiopian===
The rukh is also identified in the Ethiopian holy book ''[[Kebra Negast]]'' as the agent responsible for delivering the blessed piece of wood to [[Solomon]] which enabled the great king to complete [[Solomon's Temple]]. This piece of wood also is said to have transformed the [[Queen of Sheba]]'s foot from that of a goat to that of a human.  The piece of wood that the rukh brought was therefore given an honored place in the Temple and decorated with silver rings.  According to tradition, these silver rings were given to [[Judas Iscariot]] as payment for betraying [[Jesus]]; the piece of wood became Jesus's cross.