Owls and Magic (info link)

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

Of course, we've all heard about the 'wise old owl' but do you really
 recall owls being associated with magic?

On the wonderful 'Owl Pages' the is a large page of info on 'Owls in
Lore and Culture'.

Below is the first of many paragraphs in this article. I thought some
of you might find it interesting.

http://www.owlpages.com/articles/lore_culture/owls_in_lore_4.html

"In many cultures, owls signal an underworld or serve to represent
human spirits after death; in other cultures, owls represent
supportive spirit helpers and allow humans (often shamans) to connect
with or utilize their supernatural powers. Among some native groups in
the Pacific Northwest of USA, owls served to bring shamans in contact
with the dead, provided power for seeing at night, or gave power that
enabled a shaman to find lost objects (Ray 1939 and Cline 1938, as
cited in Keyser et al. 1998)."

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