Bird People: Signs of Pilots and Sky Observers in Ancient Cultures
The ritual pits at Sanxingdui in Sichuan, dated roughly 1600-1100 BCE, contain bronze birds, large-eyed masks, and tall bronze trees with birds on their branches. In Egypt, Horus has a human body and a falcon head and is tied to the sky and the pharaoh’s authority. In Mesoamerica, Quetzalcoatl is the Feathered Serpent, linked to wind, calendars, and knowledge. On Rapa Nui, tangata manu, “Bird Man,” was the title given to the person who retrieved the first seabird egg of the season from Motu Nui. These distant images repeatedly connect people, birds, height, and power.
The ritual pits at Sanxingdui in Sichuan, dated roughly 1600-1100 BCE, contain bronze birds, large-eyed masks, and tall bronze trees with birds on their branches. In Egypt, Horus has a human body and a falcon head and is tied to the sky and the pharaoh’s authority. In Mesoamerica, Quetzalcoatl is the Feathered Serpent, linked to wind, calendars, and knowledge. On Rapa Nui, tangata manu, “Bird Man,” was the title given to the person who retrieved the first seabird egg of the season from Motu Nui. These distant images repeatedly connect people, birds, height, and power.
The ritual pits at Sanxingdui in Sichuan, dated roughly 1600-1100 BCE, contain bronze birds, large-eyed masks, and tall bronze trees with birds on their branches. In Egypt, Horus has a human body and a falcon head and is tied to the sky and the pharaoh’s authority. In Mesoamerica, Quetzalcoatl is the Feathered Serpent, linked to wind, calendars, and knowledge. On Rapa Nui, tangata manu, “Bird Man,” was the title given to the person who retrieved the first seabird egg of the season from Motu Nui. These distant images repeatedly connect people, birds, height, and power.
The ritual pits at Sanxingdui in Sichuan, dated roughly 1600-1100 BCE, contain bronze birds, large-eyed masks, and tall bronze trees with birds on their branches. In Egypt, Horus has a human body and a falcon head and is tied to the sky and the pharaoh’s authority. In Mesoamerica, Quetzalcoatl is the Feathered Serpent, linked to wind, calendars, and knowledge. On Rapa Nui, tangata manu, “Bird Man,” was the title given to the person who retrieved the first seabird egg of the season from Motu Nui. These distant images repeatedly connect people, birds, height, and power.
The ritual pits at Sanxingdui in Sichuan, dated roughly 1600-1100 BCE, contain bronze birds, large-eyed masks, and tall bronze trees with birds on their branches. In Egypt, Horus has a human body and a falcon head and is tied to the sky and the pharaoh’s authority. In Mesoamerica, Quetzalcoatl is the Feathered Serpent, linked to wind, calendars, and knowledge. On Rapa Nui, tangata manu, “Bird Man,” was the title given to the person who retrieved the first seabird egg of the season from Motu Nui. These distant images repeatedly connect people, birds, height, and power.