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According to the eddic poem, Fjölsvinnsmál, Víðópnir or Víðófnir [ˈwiːðˌoːvnez̠] is a rooster that inhabits the crown of the world tree, variously represented as a falcon, sitting between the eyes of the cosmic eagle Hræsvelgr at the top of the tree of life, Mímameiðr (Mimi's Tree), a vast tree taken to be identical with the World Tree, Yggdrasil.
Khonsu, the ancient Egyptian moon-god, was depicted either as a falcon wearing the moon-disk on his head (left) or as a human child In art , Khonsu is typically depicted as a mummy with the symbol of childhood, a sidelock of hair, as well as the menat necklace with crook and flail .
He was most often depicted as a falcon, most likely a lanner falcon or peregrine falcon, or as a man with a falcon head. [ 9 ] The earliest recorded form of Horus is the tutelary deity of Nekhen in Upper Egypt , who is the first known national god, specifically related to the ruling pharaoh who in time came to be regarded as a manifestation of ...
In Norse mythology, Freyja (Old Norse "(the) Lady") is a goddess associated with love, beauty, fertility, sex, war, gold, and seiðr (magic for seeing and influencing the future). Freyja is the owner of the necklace Brísingamen, rides a chariot pulled by two cats, is accompanied by the boar Hildisvíni, and possesses a cloak of falcon feathers.
The Hungarian language word turul meant one kind of falcon and the origin of the word is currently thought to be most likely Turkic (Clauson 1972: 472. [1]) Róna-Tas et al. 2011:2: 954-56) [ 2 ] ), which is the language of origin of over 10% of words in modern Hungarian lexicon and the exonym "Hungarian" and the word "Hun".
Ankh; Anra scarab; Atef; Cartouche; Cowroid; Corn mummy; Crook and flail; Crown of justification; Deshret; Djed; Egyptian obelisk; Egyptian pool; Eye of Horus; Eye of Ra
Hauron could be depicted either as an armed man [21] or as a falcon, [66] possibly due to the phonetic similarity of his name to that of Horus. [ 64 ] [ 67 ] This form has no forerunner in earlier iconography of any deities from the Levant. [ 68 ]