Saturday, November 22, 2008

Symbol



With its acute eyesight, the eagle has come to embody an all-seeing EYE. The Roman, French, Austrian, German, and American peoples have all adopted this image as their symbol. Hence, a two-headed eagle has come to often mean the union of two nations, but it also means creative power. In psychological symbology, the eagle is viewed as "a mightily winged creature in the heavens of the mind" (Biederman, 110). Since it lives in full light of the sun, it is considered luminous and shares characteristics with air and fire. Through its detachment from earth it represents spirit and soul. Dante has called the eagle of 'bird of God', while Jung defines it merely as height.

We chose the symbol of eagle because it represents light and expresses freedom.The enemies of the eagle are the owl and serpent.The eagle signifies inspiration,victory,longevity,speed,pride,father,and royalty.The eagle is also known to be connected with the sky god(s).If the eagle is in combat with a bull or lion it represents spirit.If the eagle is in combat with a serpent it represents strggle and unity.

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