There are several stories of the #GreekGods turning mortals into birds. One of them is about Askalaphos, the keeper of #Hades' orchard: He saw #Persephone eat the pomegranate seeds and testified against her so she had to return to the underworld every year. In anger, #Demeter trapped him below a giant boulder. When #Herakles came to fetch Kerberos, he rolled the boulder away, freeing Askalaphos. Demeter then turned the gardener into an eagle #owl.