The sight of an owl in Ancient Roman was deemed as an extremely unlucky occurrence; following with misfortune. According to myths, the only way to reverse the omen was to catch, burn and scatter the ashes of the owl in the Tiber River. Some validate this myth with rumors of owl cries prior to the […]
The Story of Bloudeuwedd
July 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Owls are believed to have played a more prominent role in early Celtic cults, and could perhaps have derived from a more broadly based deity of a common European descent. Predating the Greek cult of Athene, for whom the owl was an animal attribute, were images of these mysterious birds in Celtic lands. Owls are […]
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