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Buzzard Hawk

Buzzard Hawk is sacred to Artemis

The Buzzard-Hawk is sacred to Artemis.

Ancient Text[]

"There are in fact several species of Hawks . . . They are allotted separately to many gods . . . the ocypterus is a servant of Apollon . . . and the buzzard, as it is called, of Artemis."
- Aelian, On Animals 12. 4 (trans. Schofield) (Greek natural history C2nd to 3rd A.D.)

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