Show EAGLE ALWAYS AN EMBLEM from mythological times the monarch of the air has been chosen as representative of power in mythology the eagle usually represents the sun the great mythical eagle of india the Is the bearer of the god vishnu victorious by his brightness over all demons in scandinavian mythology the eagle Is a gloomy figure assumed by demons of darkness or by odin himself concealed in the gloomy night or in wind swept clouds the storm giant airas sits in the form of an eagle ca gleat at the extremity of heaven and bia blows ws blasts over all people and on the great tree drasil sits an eagle observing everything that happens when zeus was preparing for his struggle with the titans the eagle brought him a thunderbolt whereupon the god took the bird for his emblem it naturally became the emblem of nations after its long use in mythology ptolemy soter made it the emblem of the egyptian kingdom in the roman story the eagle was tho the herald to inus of his royal power nid and it was one of the most important himi gnia of the republic and was also assumed by y the emperors and adopted into medieval heraldry after the time of charlemagne |