Hawks and falcons
animal · 2 works · 2 mentions · 3 anchored passages
falcon · hawk · hawks and falcons
spoken of as
1 expressionFalcon / Hawk1 mention
Rigveda (Sanskrit)
Like a falcon he approaches the golden womb, the dwelling made by wisdom, the divine seat.
in the texts
Rigveda
A bird of prey used as a recurring simile for Soma's swift descent into the ritual vessel.
Like a falcon he approaches the golden womb, the dwelling made by wisdom, the divine seat.
his vigour dwelling in the mountains and the waters — like a hawk he has settled in his seat.
Flow, O Soma, most brilliant, roaring over the troughs, settling like a hawk into thy vessel.
Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John
Hawks and falcons, birds of prey subject to forest-law inspection and, after 1217, permitted to freeholders under conditions.
He might also keep eyries for breeding falcons and other birds of prey, and take honey found on his own ground—rights previously denied.
upon hawks and falcons, bows and arrows, greyhounds and mastiffs (with special reference to “expeditation” or cutting of their claws), and generally upon everything owned by private individuals likely to harm the beasts of the forest.