OWL Ambivalent as the bird of wisdom and of darkness and death. Amerindian: Wisdom; divination Celti
OWL Ambivalent as the bird of wisdom and of darkness and death. Amerindian: Wisdom; divination Celtic: Chthonic; ‘the night hag’; the 'corpse bird’. Chinese: Evil; crime; death; horror; ungrateful children. Christian: Satan; the powers of darkness; solitude; mourning; desolation; bad news. The call of the owl is the 'song of death’. The owl was used to depict Jews who preferred the darkness to the light of the gospel. Egyptian: Death; night; coldness. Graeco-Roman: The screed owl symbolized wisdom and was sacred to Athena/Minerva. The owl was an attribute of the Etruscan god of darkness and of Night. Hebrew: Blindness. Hindu: Emblem of Yama, god of the dead. Japanese: Death; ill omen. Mexican: Night; death. [Source: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Traditional Symbols by J.C. Cooper] -- source link
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