the Eagle

Also known as: Eagle / the Eagle of the White Bonnet · Role: elder brother of the Falcon · First appears: Section 68 · The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Eagle

In Section 68 · The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Eagle, at Twin mountain, the Eagle agreed to search for the lost Corn maidens. He circled through the heights and across the four directions but found no trace of them, then told the fathers to send for his younger brother, the Falcon: “Send you, therefore, for my younger brother the Falcon; strong of flight is he, yet not so potently strong as I, and nearer the ground he takes his way ere sunrise.”

In Section 69 · The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Falcon, messengers told the Falcon that his elder brother, the Eagle, had bidden them seek him.

Relationship record

Life events

• The Eagle agreed to seek the lost Corn maidens.(Section 68 · The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Eagle · 📍 Twin mountain)
  • “Being so, be it well with thy wishes. Go ye before contentedly,” answered the Eagle, smoothing his feathers.”
• The Eagle searched the regions for the Corn maidens but did not find them.(Section 68 · The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Eagle)
  • “And all through the heights he circled and sailed, to the north, the west, the south and the east. Yet nowhere saw he trace of the Maidens.”
• The Eagle told the fathers to send for the Falcon to seek the maidens.(Section 68 · The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Eagle)
  • With: the Falcon
  • “Send you, therefore, for my younger brother the Falcon; strong of flight is he, yet not so potently strong as I, and nearer the ground he takes his way ere sunrise.”
• The messengers told the Falcon that his elder brother, the Eagle, had bidden them seek him.(Section 69 · The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Falcon)
  • With: the Falcon
  • “Thy elder brother hath bidden us seek thee.”

Section 68 · The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Eagle

• siblings with the Falcon “Send you, therefore, for my younger brother the Falcon; strong of flight is he, yet not so potently strong as I, and nearer the ground he takes his way ere sunrise.”

Section 69 · The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Falcon

• siblings with the Falcon “Thy elder brother hath bidden us seek thee.”

Section 70 · The Seeking of the Maidens of Corn by the Raven

• siblings with the Falcon “our grandfather the Eagle, nor yet his younger brother the Falcon”

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Extracted from the original text of Outlines of Zuñi Creation Myths. Made with Rho MD.