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Zeus used his lightning bolts to defeat his uncle, coming out on top of an insane battle. According to Pindar, Typhon was trapped inside of the west-laying, volcanic Mount Etna. The bird was a famous favorite of Zeus into which he would transform himself, as told in the abduction tales of Aegina and Ganymedes. Some accounts claim that eagles would ferry lightning bolts for the god of the sky. Eagle statues were commonplace in temples and sanctuaries dedicated to Zeus.