{"id":3305,"date":"2021-05-01T21:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T21:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/?p=3305"},"modified":"2020-02-11T18:42:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T18:42:34","slug":"story-the-eagle-and-the-falconer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stefanhammel.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/01\/3305\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eagle and The Falconer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The description of the relationship between \u201cThe Eagle and The Falconer\u201d is one way of examining relationship problems \u2013 in particular faithfulness and jealousy, monogamy, potential separation and the ambivalence which exists between the desire for freedom and emotional ties \u2013 from the perspective of a curious onlooker.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

High up on the Potzberg mountain is a birds of prey\ncentre which puts on daily shows between spring and autumn, featuring eagles,\nfalcons and vultures. Some of the people who watch the shows ask, \u201cIsn\u2019t it\ncruel to keep these magnificent birds imprisoned here when they would rather be\nfree?\u201d In response, the falconer answers, \u201cNo one who hunts with an eagle can\nkeep him captive \u2013 if the eagle decides not to come back from a flight, no one\ncan stop him. An eagle only decides to come back if he thinks that he\u2019s better\noff living with humans than being free. Strictly speaking he\u2019s already free,\nbecause he can decide every day whether to stay or go \u2013 but the eagle loves his\nhuman and regards him as a partner, and not just a hunting partner, but a\nmarriage partner, if we can speak of such things in relation to birds; a\npartner in everything, from hunting and everyday life through to rearing\nchicks… Eagles are long-term monogamists, and become very jealous if they see\nother birds of prey together with their human, to the point that they will\ndrive off their rivals. The eagle and his falconer are therefore married in a\nsense, but the eagle can get a divorce whenever he wants one. Now and again an\neagle does fly away and never returns, but this is a rare occurrence. In some\ncases a human must also leave an eagle because he is at risk from the\nmagnificent creature, but this too is rare. If neither of these exceptional\nsituations occur, the eagle and the falconer will stick together through good\ntimes and bad alike…\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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