EAGLE LORE 



ACCORDING to some old stories, a dip in the ocean 

 wave renews the youth of the eagle; according to 

 others, before the dip, the bird spreads his feathers 

 to the sun, which consumes them; then plunging into the 

 purifying and vivifying water, he arises in youth. 



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The young eagle was said to begin life with a fire test. 



In some parts of Ireland it is believed that Adam and 

 fve still exist as eagles. 



In religious history the eagle figures as the companion 

 of saints because, according to Saint Jerome, "he ascends 

 to the very throne of God." 



It was once a matter of common belief that the young 

 eagle who could not look the sun in the eye unflinchingly was 

 slain by its parents as xmfit for an eagle's career. 



Among the Dakotah Indians there is a deluge legend to 

 the effect that when the flood came, all the Indians, hoping 

 to escape, fled to a hilltop, but were finally overwhelmed — 

 all but one woman, who was borne away by a great eagle, 

 her father swooping down, and carried to a high mountain. 

 She afterward became the m9ther of twins, who perpetuated 

 the race. 



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