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* In [[Robin Hobb]]'s ''[[Dragon Keeper]]'', the titular dragons are misshapen and think themselves incapable of flight. {{spoiler|The second book proves them wrong, as Heeby learns to fly. It is implied that Sintara and winged human Thymara can also learn.}}
* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in ''[[Peter Pan]]''. When Peter gets "wounded" by Hook, he believes himself unable to fly off Marooner's Rock. The truth is that he's fine and could fly if he really wanted to, but he takes his own imagination so seriously that there's nothing to do but leave him there.
* In ''[[Cerberon]]'' by Fredric R. Stewart, the skraad, human-sized intelligent avians resembling bearded vultures, fear flying in daylight because if they're spotted by humans, [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters|the humans will kill them]].