Our fear comes first of all from legends, legends that were written for a reason. Vultures are carrion birds; they eat dead animals. That's not the way to win people's affection. But that's what they do, they eat dead animals. They're also known as symbols of death, carriers of souls, spiriting dead people off to heaven. The eagle, on the other hand, is a
symbol of power and strength that can catch very large prey. Eagles are hunters and humans have always been fascinated by hunters because, of course, we ourselves were hunters for such a long time, and many of us today still like to hunt. Throughout the history of human civilization, birds of prey have always been used as subjects in heraldic designs, in the
coats of arms of many families throughout the ages. The eagle was the symbol of the power of the Roman Empire. Egyptians often used birds of prey. Egyptian mythology included all the families of birds of prey: harriers, owls, falcons, hawks. They had already determined the families back then and classified their features and turned them into gods – Athena with
an owl on her shoulder; Horus the king, god of the sun, was a falcon. There are many more examples, those are just a few. So many legends and myths feature birds of prey as their main symbols.