Her general preference for food are cheaters, drunks or abusive men. Some say as she flies over towns she can summon storms on an otherwise normal day and brings a foreboding of death by her presence. Now she can transform into a MASSIVE owl, black or white feathers standing at 7 feet tall with a 15 foot wingspan, and usually still retaining her human face with hollowed black eyes. She strikes a deal with the devil or dark forces to seek revenge. Origin stories vary as this is a story that is told orally throughout time but one of the more common stories is of a “Bruja” - a witch, who was murdered by her community or a woman killed by an abusive husband. I mean they are adorable, but man they can be fucking terrifying This is a great video of an owl in a defensive mode, screeching and clicking at a dog. There are legends in Irish folklore that some poor farmers heard this awful noise and saw a blur of white fly by them and that’s where the Banshee myth comes from. This one is more chirpy, but still they scream They don’t hoot like a normal owl exactly, they screech. What I love about this adorable unsuspecting nocturnal birds is their call. Lechuza is specifically the word for the Barn Owl. La Lechuza is generally a legend from the southern part of Texas, Mexico and sometimes southern California.Ī tale for Mexican grandmas to freak out the kids into behaving, it’s right up there with La Ilrona, El Chupacabra, and El Cucuy Ok ok like I know really only one person asked for this but I just, really fucking love this myth and I wanna share it.
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