Eagle
10 books featuring this symbol
The eagle signifies altitude, royal sight, and solar affinity. It mediates between terrestrial power and heavenly judgment.
The Iliad
Homer
750-700 BCE
Greek
The Odyssey
Homer
700-600 BCE
Greek
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus
500-400 BCE
Greek
Florentine Codex
Bernardino de Sahagún and Nahua collaborators
1540-1577 CE
Mesoamerican, Aztec
Relación de Michoacán
Anonymous
1540-1550 CE
Mesoamerican, Purepecha
The Myth of Etana
Anonymous
1800-1700 BCE
Mesopotamian, Akkadian
De Astronomica
Hyginus
27 BCE-200 CE
Roman
Codex Vaticanus B
Anonymous
1400-1600 CE
Mesoamerican, Mixtec
Haustlöng
Thjodolf of Hvinir
900 CE
Germanic, Norse
Antoninus Liberalis: Metamorphoses
Antoninus Liberalis
100-200 CE
Greek