For those who are or know of superstitions...?

Question

Is there a superstition or a few that deal(s) with owls? If so, what are they?

Answer 1

They're SUPPOSED to be a bringer of darkness, a companion to the night, and thus BAD. People always found them freaky cause they can see in the dark and fly silently. Humans didn't think their skill was possible, and attributed it to supernatural experience. That's why they're associated with witches and All Hallow's Eve. The Victorians got into Gothic really good, and put the owl with Death itself, so you always associate them with hooting in graveyards. And they're supposed to be bad luck, like a black cat crossing your path. None of it's true, of course, but that's what the superstitions are.

Answer 2

* An owl hooting or screeching at night could result in the death of a newborn baby, will cause the child to have an unhappy life, or possibly that the baby would become a witch. If the owl was heard screeching during cold weather it signaled that a storm was coming.

* Owls apparently are the only creatures that can live with ghosts, so if an owl is found nesting in an abandoned house, the place must be haunted.

* Death is often associated with owls such as if: an owl perches on the roof of your house or hearing an owl hooting constantly nearby.

* If a traveler dreamed of an owl, then that meant he would be robbed or possibly shipwrecked.

* A silly owl superstitions is that if you see an owl perched in a tree and you walk around and around that tree, the owl will follow you with it’s eyes, turning his head around until he wrings his own neck. (The reality is that an owl cannot turn his head completely around).

* Not all superstitions were bad. Owls were also believed to bring good fortune in some cultures. An Afghanistan legend states that it was the owl that presented humans with flint and iron so they could make fire. In exchange, man gave owls their feathers.

* The Aborigines of Australia believe that owls are the spirits of women and are therefore sacred, while in Brittany is was a good sign to see an owl on the way to the harvest as it meant that it would be a good yield that year.

* The owl is a symbol of guidance and help by the Inuit’s of Greenland, while the people of Indonesia saw them as wise beings using the owl’s different calls to determine whether to travel or not.

Answer 3

Funny you should mention owls. There is an owl that has taken up residence near me for the last month or so.

Many people believe that an owl crying can for-tell death coming. Some say which ever way the owl is facing when it cries out tells WHO will die.

I was out for a walk a few days ago very early and it wasn't light yet (5am). This owl started screeching wildly all of a sudden, I guess it had gotten ahold of a cat or something that was fighting back. These two black guys that were just sitting in their car after a night of drinking freaked out and squealed out with tires squalling and drove away. I thought it was funny.

Answer 4

Owls in the daytime are bad luck, and a barn owl hooting at midnight means a loved one will die

Answer 5

If you see an owl during the day it is bad luck

Answer 6

Owl is a symbol of wisdom through deception...If you are seeing, or noticing owls lately it means your journey is going to become intense, and you will be discovering your "truth"

Answer 7

yes i think it says if on passes over ur home u must curse it or bad things will happen to u

Answer 8

Isn't hearing one of them during daylight a bad omen? maybe not

Answer 9

Here's a site about it:

Answer 10

Either somebody is going to die either in your family or in the neighborhood. . .

Or. . .

Harry Potter has moved in next door to your house!