Tribal Native American Owl Gifts from the Pacific Northwest

Most Native American tribes consider owls as a sign of death. Hearing owls hoot is considered a bad omen, and they are the subject of numerous 'bogeyman' stories designed to warn children to stay indoors at night or not cry too much in case the owl abducts them. In certain traditions, owls are connected with ghosts, and the bony rings surrounding an owl's eyes are said to be made up of spirits' fingernails. People who have broken tribal taboos have been said to receive messages from the afterlife or supernatural warnings from owls. In the Aztec and Mayan religions of Mexico, owls also served as messengers and companions to the gods of death.

Owls, on the other hand, aren't often thought of as foreboding death foreboders. Mongwu, the Hopi tribe's great horned owl, is a stern lawman who acts as a "straight man" in the face of the Koshari clowns' antics. The birds are characterized as dumb good-for-nothings who are exiled to the night as a punishment for their slacker or unpleasant behavior in certain cultures' owl legends.

Owls are also employed as clan animals by numerous Native American cultures. Among the tribes having Owl Clans are the Hopi (whose Burrowing Owl Clan is known as Kokongyam or Kokop-wungwa), the Tlingit, and the Mohave. On the Northwest Coast, the owl is widely utilized as a totem pole crest. The Screech Owl Dance and the Horned Owl Dance are two of the Creeks' tribal dance traditions.

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Owls are nocturnal animals with huge eyes and excellent night vision. They hunt for food at night by listening for movement on the ground and then swooping down with their strong talons to capture them. Owls also have a sophisticated echolocation system, or sonar, that they employ to locate prey that is hidden in nests. Owls are commonly associated with knowledge, intellect, power, and even death among Native Americans, who believe they bring messages from the spirits (Goble). The owl can be viewed as a protective emblem against bad spirits (Native American Owl).

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