In Greek mythology, raptors were often associated with the god Apollo, who was depicted soaring through the sky with a flock of hawks. In Egyptian mythology, the god Horus was sometimes depicted with the head of a falcon, symbolizing his connection to the sky and his role as a protector. Raptors were also sometimes seen as symbols of power and divinity in both cultures.
Egyptian:
Falcon
Ra-Harakhte - the Egyptian sun god, early Egyptians believed that he created the world, and the rising sun was, for them, the symbol of creation.
Horus -patron god of the living Pharaoh, rulers, law, war, young men, light, the sun.
Mont -falcon headed solar war god.
Khons Hor - associated with the moon and time.
Qebehsenuf -one of the sons of Horus in Egyptian mythology, the god of protection and of the West. In the preparation of mummies, his canopic jar was used for the intestines. He is seen as a mummy with a falcon head. He was said to be protected by the goddess Serket.
Vulture
Nekhebet - sister of Osiris and Isis and the wife of Set.
Greek:
Ares, God of War, whose sacred animals included: barn owl, eagle-owl, and vulture.
Artemis, goddess of the moon, the wild, and the hunt was associated with the buzzard hawk.
Hermes, god of travelers, allocated bird is the hawk.
This list at least gives a starting place.
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the greek god of HELL
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goddess of the hearth
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In greek mythology he was the God of war and stragies. He was the son of Zues.
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