credit: Robert Savannah, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Feathers: associated with the wind and the creator gods of the Egyptian pantheon; corresponds to the element air and the realm of birds; symbol of the truth which must rise; represents speed, space, flight; worn as personal adornment in cultures with aerial myths; worn as a headdress, the wearer takes on the mana or power of the bird; the white feather symbolizes clouds, seafoam, and cowardice
Claw: symbol of ferocity, greediness, debasement in sensuality, misuse of reproductive powers; positive association with construction and usefulness as nests are built with the use of claws
credit: Robert Savannah, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Wing: activity, air, aspiration, elevation, exultation, fanciful thought, flight, mind, soul, spirituality, swiftness, victory; solar symbol depicting divinity; attribute of celestial, fate, and wind deities; Christian symbol of angels, archangels, cherubs, and seraphs; in alchemy, wings represent the volatile nature of quicksilver; four wings denote the four winds and seasons