Continuity mistake: When the witch takes the baby out of the dead white cow's belly, when the angle changes the cow's been replaced with a bunch of white sheets piled up to resemble the cow.
Continuity mistake: After exiting the lake, Kiri's hair swaps from wet to dry and perfectly brushed.
Continuity mistake: A thick cloud of steam suddenly appears on the lake between frames while Kiri is bathing. It makes everything more magical, but it's definitely awkward.
Revealing mistake: When the ferret grabs the arrow with its teeth and runs away, the shot changes and it's very obvious that the arrow has been attached to some sort of collar around the animal's neck.
Continuity mistake: During the fight where the panther appears, a ferret is biting a glove in one shot, but a bow a frame later.
Continuity mistake: During the village raid, when Dar is unconscious and the dog saves him, Dar's head position keeps changing in every single shot.
Continuity mistake: When Dar's dad shows Dar how to throw the flying blade, he rips out a man's headscarf and sends it to a tree. The scarf's position changes between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Dar's father arrives at the village with the baby, he stops by the entrance. A man holding a farm fork swaps from standing in front to behind him, between shots.
Continuity mistake: Dar's father brings the baby to the village and lifts him up for everyone to see. The baby is wrapped up in a blanket in the wide angles, but with his face uncovered and bare arms extended in the close-ups.
Continuity mistake: Kiri steps out of the water when the ferrets steal her clothes. She tries to cover herself with a small piece of garment around her waist. A frame later she is wearing a full dress.
Continuity mistake: After Dar's father throws the ugly woman at the bonfire and finds the baby, he protects himself crossing both arms. The position of the arms keeps changing on each shot.
Continuity mistake: When Maax is killed he lays by Seth's lower part of the leg. A frame later he is resting on Seth's lap.
Continuity mistake: When the eagle lands on the baddie's head, he loses balance and falls feet first. In the following angle he's taking a nosedive.
Continuity mistake: Kiri's head position when she's about to be stabbed at the pyramid keeps changing between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Dar and Kiri scape from the captors, the number of arrows on the boat and their position change between shots.
Continuity mistake: By the pier, when Kiri is being drowned, her right arm and the cloth around it change positions depending on the angle.
Continuity mistake: When Dar is in the boat about to save Kiri, the shots alternate between sunlight and cloudy, depending on which angle is shown.
Other mistake: The red priests escort 6 girls in the white cloaks down to the dock, to be sacrificed. Yet during battle with the red priests, the only girl Dar and Seth save is Kiri.
Revealing mistake: When Dar approaches the pile of his dead people and lays his dog down over his father's dead body, the father's head raises and lowers slightly from the breathing dead guy beneath him.
Revealing mistake: After Dar awakens following the burning raid, he sees his dog lying dead, several feet away. When Dar picks himself up off the ground, the dog's ear and head twitches slightly.
Answer: The creatures did not eat Dar because the eagle landed on him, showing him as a friend to the eagle. They apparently worship eagles, as also indicated by the talisman they give him.
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