Owls
Owls within many native cultures are a symbol of death. I believe it's more of a south eastern belief. I can't speak for all tribes but Seminole, Muscogee, and Choctaw all atleast share this belief.
Owl in Mvskoke is "o'pv", pronounced "oh-buh".
In general they are considered bad luck. Owl feathers shouldn't be used in regalia or even touched. Last year there was a bit of debate at pan-tribal gathers as to whether owl feathers should even be allowed in. The belief that owls are bad luck is so extreme that there were practices taught to medicine men specifically about keeping owls away.
Horned owls especially, "Estek'enee" pronounced "is-dick-eh-knee", are considered bad. It's believed since they are such good hunters and so good at hearing that they will deliever knews of death. If you hear a owl screech, "efv'lv" pronounced "ifa- lah", children of a young age will die in the family.
Now, this is not a belief among all tribes. apperantly some tribes will use owl feathers in regalia if it was brought up in discussion. I also don't think this belief is as common in younger people either. However, I've seen a lot of tribal gathers do their best to respect this fear of owls.
If you must draw or take a picture of an owl you're suppose to avoid the eyes. I've heard of some people scribbling out the eyes on art.
There have also been kinda humorous, and sad, situations were someone unaware would get an owl dream catcher tattoo and that's about as unlucky of an action as you can take.
So be aware when making native focused art or items, there may be issues with owl representation and feathers.
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Spive
I’ve been meaning to actually get down a design for her so YAY! YAY! BIVE! BIVE! YAY! I know I draw infected/kasper liek all the time but she was the one that actually got me interested in taking a deeper look into regretevator! (Her and lampert actually but I think the stinky hair woman is awesome)
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A Roosting Great-horned Owl
(c) riverwindphotography, January 2022
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what do you think papa titan looked like when they were alive
He's gonna appear in the main story but anyways. I think there are two forms they take, the larger one that grows to be size of an island and a smaller one (probably using magic like King in the carnival episode), and that might be what the changing before getting under the water was suggested in end of WaD
But I dont really get why papa titan looks so different in the large skeletal form compared to the smaller one, the horns and skull are totally different, the hands change a lot too. I think its more of a design choice to make him look more menacing in the finale and more looking like King in while talking to Luz
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Virginia Wildlife; vol. 39, no. 2. February, 1978. Illustration by John W. Taylor.
Internet Archive
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Great horned owlets
By: Edward A. Hill
From: Natural History Magazine
1943
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