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Eagle of Saint John from the Book of Dimma (8th century) John the Evangelist, the author of the fourth gospel account, is symbolized by an eagle, king of the birds, often with a halo. The eagle is a figure of the sky, and believed by Christian scholars to be able to look straight into the sun. [21]
Double-headed eagle in Jiroft, Iran, 3rd millennium BC. The double-headed eagle is an iconographic symbol originating in the Bronze Age.The earliest predecessors of the symbol can be found in Mycenaean Greece and in the Ancient Near East, especially in Mesopotamian and Hittite iconography.
The Zimbabwe Bird. The stone-carved Zimbabwe Bird is the national emblem of Zimbabwe, appearing on the national flags and coats of arms of both Zimbabwe and former Rhodesia, as well as on banknotes and coins (first on the Rhodesian pound and then on the Rhodesian dollar).
“A flying eagle may be showing you that it’s time to rise to a higher perspective, to get beyond your own limited beliefs and thoughts and consider the issue at hand from other points of view ...
In large print and surrounding the eagle, there are golden letters with the legend "OCVLIS ET VNGVIBUS AEQVE VICTRIX", meaning "BY HER EYES AND GRIP EQUALLY VICTORIOUS". In 1821, Agustín de Iturbide, the first Emperor of Mexico, introduced a royal crown on the eagle as a symbol of his empire. The elements were drawn in a European style; the ...
Alternatively, the eagle was believed to be the bird that flew highest in the sky and was therefore closest to heaven, and symbolised the carrying of the word of God to the four corners of the world. [3] The eagle is also the symbol of John the Apostle, and for this reason may have come to represent the inspiration of the gospels as a whole. [4]
The Coat of Arms of Poland (Polish: Godło Polskie) is a white, crowned eagle with a golden beak and talons, on a red background.. In Poland, the coat of arms as a whole is referred to as godło both in official documents and colloquial speech, [1] despite the fact that other coats of arms are usually called a herb (e.g. the Nałęcz herb or the coat of arms of Finland).
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