56: Monstrous Owl Mythos - Owl Week Begins!

In this episode, Jeremy and MOZ explore the deep, dark underbelly of the mysterious owl mythos. The owl has been the death omen and harbinger of doom since time out of mind. The owl has always been inextricably linked to monsters, yet they remain ignored. Isn't it time someone got to the bottom of this darkest of mysteries?

Thank you as always to Mr. Tim Leavy @ https://www.timleavy.com/ for the greatest theme song ever!

References:

Opening poem: The Legend of Montrose, Sir Walter Scott  

 Lillith: Russel, J.B. (1980). A history of witchcraft: sorcerers, heretics and pagans. Thames and Hudson, p29

 Humanoid looking owls in cave paintings: Hancock, G. (2007). Supernatural: Meetings with the ancient teachers of mankind. The Disinformation Company, p329

 Lillith in the Bible: Isaiah verses 34: 4-14

The Brother’s Grimm owl tale: Clelland, M. (2020). The messengers: owls, synchronicity and the UFO abductee. Beneath the Stars Press, p161

 Strigae: Bane, T. (2016). Encyclopedia of beasts and monsters in myth, legend and folklore. Mcfarland & Co., p947 (Internet Archive posting) https://archive.org/details/encyclopedia-of-beasts-and-monsters-in-myth-legend-and-folklore-by-bane-theresa

 The Dresden Codex (Mayan): Campbell, J. (1973). The hero with a thousand faces. Bollingen/Princeton, NJ, p374-375

Numbered hoots and their meaning: Aliens Among Us: A Brief History of the Owl ‹ Literary Hub (lithub.com) https://lithub.com/aliens-among-us-a-brief-history-of-the-owl/

Middle Eastern owl mythos: Owl Myths and Legends - wildbirdsonline https://wildbirdsonline.com/blogs/news/owl-myths-and-legends

Polish owl folklore: Owl Myths and Legends – wildbirdsonline https://wildbirdsonline.com/blogs/news/owl-myths-and-legends

Battle of the owls: Hawaiian Folk Tales: XIX. Battle of the Owls (sacred-texts.com) https://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hft/hft22.htm

 

The Owl God Pueo-nui-akea: Godfrey, L.S. (2019). I know what I saw. Tarcher Perigee, NY, p175-176

 Nyungar Culture and the ‘Clever Man’: Ken Macintyre and Barb Dobson: Owl Beliefs in Nyungar Culture: Owl Beliefs in Nyungar Culture (anthropologyfromtheshed.com) https://www.anthropologyfromtheshed.com/owl-beliefs-in-nyungar-culture

Chinese owl mythology: Owl Myths and Legends – wildbirdsonline https://wildbirdsonline.com/blogs/news/owl-myths-and-legends

The Dai: Demons, Monsters and Ghosts of the Chinese Folklore (china-underground.com) https://china-underground.com/2016/04/09/demons-monsters-ghosts-of-the-chinese-folklore/

Owl symbolism and cannibalism: Owls in Chinese Culture and as Feng Shui Symbol (Meaning, History, Usage) (chinamarketadvisor.com) https://chinamarketadvisor.com/owls-in-chinese-culture-and-as-feng-shui-symbol/

Chikap Kamui (owl deity) of the Ainu:Ashkenazi, M. (2003). Handbook of Japanese mythology. Bloomsbury Academic, p148-150, p211 - 212

 Ainu Screech Owl mythology: Owl Myths and Legends – wildbirdsonline https://wildbirdsonline.com/blogs/news/owl-myths-and-legends

Native American owl folklore: Wilson, E.W. (1950). The owl and the American Indian. Journal of American Folklore, p1

Anishinaabe Owl mythos: Rempel, Z. (2019). An Anishinaabe Ethno-ornithology of Wabaseemoong Independent Nations. University of Manitoba, p43

Ishikitini: Choctaw Legends & Stories 2 | Mike Boucher's Web Page (mike-boucher.com) https://mike-boucher.com/wordpress/?page_id=232

Owls as messengers: Garcez, A. (2017). American Indian: Ghost Stories of the West. Garcez, p41

Soo-Koo'-Me: The Dawn of the World: Beliefs Concerning Animals: The Great Horned Owl (sacred-texts.com) https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/dow/dow47.htm

The Thunder Bird: Kwel-Kwel, The Owl (sacred-texts.com) https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/nw/ttb/ttb27.htm

Owl as native American weather forecaster: Wilson, E. (1950). The owl and the American Indian. Journal of American Folklore, p1

 O’ÓWA's: Seneca Indian Myths: Owl and his Jealous Wife (sacred-texts.com) https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/iro/sim/sim23.htm

The man and the owls. A tale: Yaudanchi Yokuts. The Man And The Owls. A Tale. (sacred-texts.com) https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/scc/scc38.htm  p229-230

Andras: Guiley, R.E. (2009). The encyclopedia of demons and demonology. Visionary Living, Inc, p13 https://archive.org/details/the-encyclopedia-of-demons-and-demonology/mode

Manidoog: spirits on the road: Geniusz, W.M.(Jan 2012). Gookooko'oog: Owls and Their Role in Anishinaabe Culture, Papers of the Algonquian Conference, 40 (1), p15

Owl as psychopomp: The Midewiwin of the Ojibwa (gutenberg.org) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/26568/26568-h/midewiwin.html

Mike Clelland asking Brad Steiger about owl symbolism: Clelland, M. (2020). The messengers: owls, synchronicity and the UFO abductee. Beneath the Stars Press, p170

Owl through the truck window: American Indian Ghost Stories of the West Antonio Garcez p44

The Buryat, shamans, and owls: Clelland, M. (2020). The messengers: owls, synchronicity and the UFO abductee. Beneath the Stars Press, p235  

The Owl Woman:Deer, L. (1972). Lame Deer: Seeker of Visions. Simon & Schuster, NY, p52 https://archive.org/details/LameDeerLameDeerSeekerOfVisions

The skullymuggle splainers: Why Are Owls So Scary? A Folklore Historian Explains the Ancient Reasons (yahoo.com) https://news.yahoo.com/why-owls-scary-folklore-historian-162500976.html