EAGLE LORE 



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To the Indian, the eagle was the keeper of fires, sun, 

 moon and stars. 



I The eagle is used as a symbol of power bjr the United 

 States, Austria and Russia. 



,- In olden times the eagle was the symbol of war, aroimd 

 which the armies of Rome rallied. 



/ In early England it was believed that eagle's feathers 

 would consume any other feathers placed with them. 



The North American Indian still decorates his war 

 bonnet with eagle's feathers, each feather being the symbol 

 of a great deed done. 



In Finnish literature the eagle brings fire from heaven 

 to reward Vaino for leaving the birch tree standing as a 

 perch and nesting place for birds. 



The North American Indian believes that the sky is in- 

 habited by a great eagle, who causes thunder to roll and 

 snow and hail to fall by the shaking of his mighty feathers. 



In Greek mythology the eagle is emblematic of the de- 

 structive power of Zeus. 



Bird of Pan in early Greek mythology. 



The eagle was one of the guardians of Walhalla, the 

 banquet-hall of the Norse gods. 



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