Falcon
The falcon denotes solar power, aspiration, victory, freedom, and celestial vision, while Chinese symbolism also admits its destructive association with war.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Symbol
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Hungarian folklore (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Turul is Hungarian folklore
why
The Turul, a mythical bird of prey in Hungarian folklore, is depicted as a large hawk or falcon, often associated with the origins of the Hungarian people.