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Alex Scobie, Wellington It is a well known fact that in many, if not most countries where it is found, the owl1 is usually but not always2 regarded s an inauspicious bird whidi portends death or disaster. Its unenviable reputation, consisting of a tissue of sinister associations seems to stem from the bird's peculiar natural characteristics: it haunts desolate deserted places, is photophobic, a carnivorous predator, possesses exceptional binocular vision3 -- a trait whidi makes it necessary for the owl to move its head about in an uncanny, almost human fashion4--and thanks to the unusually soft quality of its feathers, it has an almost noiseless flight. Accordingly, it hardly need cause surprise that in some cultures the owl has been and is closely associated with witches. Indeed, among the Cherokee the For general discussions of folklore about the owl see: Handw rterbudi des deutsdien Aberglaubens 2. Leipzig 1929--30, s.v. Eule (Taylor); vol. 4, 1931--32, s.v. Kauz (Peuaert); Paulys Real-Encyclop die der classisdien Altertumswissensdiaft 6. Stuttgart 1966, s.v. Eule (Wellmann); vol. 8, 1936--37, s.v. Uhu (Peukkert); Cabrol, F./Leclerq, H.: Dictionnaire d'ardieologie dir£tienne et de liturgie 3. Paris 1948, s.v. diouette; Reallexicon f r Antike und Christentum 6. Stuttgart 1966,
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Published: Jan 1, 1978
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