The name of Sir Gawain's Welsh equivalent, Gwalchmai, is generally translated as the one of these "of the field" or "of May."
The name of Sir Gawain's Welsh equivalent, Gwalchmai, is generally translated as the one of these "of the field" or "of May." Though he often manifested himself as the black-and-white bull Bakha, the war god Menthu is generally depicted as having the head of one of these creatures. Another god associated with these animals had his toes cut off as punishment for unknowingly ferrying Isis to an island. That god, Nemty, was often syncretized with an Egyptian god represented by this animal who fathered (*) Imsety and the other three gods of the canopic jars. Freya owns a cloak associated with these creatures, who include Vedrfolnir, who perches atop the head of an eagle at the top of Yggdrasil. The cobra goddess Wadjet personified the "eye" of a god bearing the head of this animal; that god slew Set to avenge his father, Osiris. Horus sports the head of, for 10 points, what kind of predatory bird?
The name of Sir Gawain's Welsh equivalent, Gwalchmai, is generally translated as the one of these "of the field" or "of May."
falcons [accept hawks due to general mythological conflation; prompt on "birds" or "raptors;" do not accept "eagles"]