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この名前には多くの民間解釈があり、中でもスーフィーの師イナヤット・カーンは「Humaという言葉の中でhuは精神を表し、mahという言葉はアラビア語で水を意味する『Maʼa』 ماءに由来する」と仮定している<ref name="Mysticism of Music">http://wahiduddin.net/mv2/II/II_8.htm , The Mysticism of Music, Sound and Word , Abstract Sound , Khan , Inayat , 1923 , wahiduddin.net</ref>。

The Huma bird is said to never come to rest, living its entire life flying invisibly high above the earth, and never alighting on the ground (in some legends it is said to have no legs).<ref name="Nile">{{citation|last=Nile|first=Green|title=Ostrich Eggs and Peacock Feathers: Sacred Objects as Cultural Exchange between Christianity and Islam|journal=Al Masaq: Islam and the Medieval Mediterranean|volume=18|issue=1|year=<!--March-->2006|pages=27–78|doi=10.1080/09503110500222328}}.</ref>

In several variations of the Huma myths, the bird is said to be [[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]]-like, consuming itself in fire every few hundred years, only to rise anew from the ashes. The Huma bird is said to have both the male and female natures in one body (reminiscent of the Chinese [[Fenghuang]]), each nature having one wing and one leg. Huma is considered to be compassionate, and a 'bird of fortune'<ref name="divan"/> since its shadow (or touch) is said to be auspicious.