48 min
20. Owl ~ mythology, motif and mastery beneath the stream
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- Philosophy
An archetype, a creature that we impose human ideas, ideals, values and characteristics upon. An unknowable, untouchable creature of the dark, whose call provokes fear and awe. A silent, surreptitious, living breathing feathered predator, whose beyond-human abilities allow it to master the night and span almost every habitat on Earth. Which of these is Owl for you?
As a family of birds, owls are all of these and more, and we explore their role in human culture from 30,000 years ago to the present day, as well as sharing tales of owl encounters around the globe. Evil messenger and harbinger of Death? Wise councillor and friend from childhood literature? Owl can be what each of us bring to it but is also master of its world.
THEME MUSIC BY DAVID ROTHENBERG. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. USED BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE ARTIST http://www.davidrothenberg.net
Some of the ideas and references we make in this podcast can be found here:
Forest Eagle Owl Sinharaja, Sri Lanka Pliny the Elder Tengmalm’s Owl Florence Nightingale Pablo Picasso Winnie the Pooh Bagpuss Tawny Owl Eric Hosking Ural Owl Sir David Attenborough Hawk Owl Saariselkä, Finland Little Owl Chauvet Cave, France Eurasian Scops Owl Athena Harry Potter Western Screech Owl Hopi Sokoke Scops Owl, Kenya Aztec god of death Cider with Rosie, Laurie Lee Barn Owl William Wordsworth Tlingit Egyptian Book of the Dead Great Horned Owl Seminole Apache The Secret Life of the Owl, John Lewis-Stempel Great Grey Owl Barred Owl Minnesota, USA Eurasian Eagle Owl Eurasian Pygmy Owl Pel’s Fishing Owl Blakiston’s Fish Owl Snowy Owl Twin Peaks, David Lynch The Messengers, Mike Clelland Whitley Strieber Owlman, Cornwall The Mothman Prophecies, John Keel Mark Twain Elf Owl Short-eared Owl Denmark Öland, Sweden Goldcrest “In a hole with an owl” The Fast Show
An archetype, a creature that we impose human ideas, ideals, values and characteristics upon. An unknowable, untouchable creature of the dark, whose call provokes fear and awe. A silent, surreptitious, living breathing feathered predator, whose beyond-human abilities allow it to master the night and span almost every habitat on Earth. Which of these is Owl for you?
As a family of birds, owls are all of these and more, and we explore their role in human culture from 30,000 years ago to the present day, as well as sharing tales of owl encounters around the globe. Evil messenger and harbinger of Death? Wise councillor and friend from childhood literature? Owl can be what each of us bring to it but is also master of its world.
THEME MUSIC BY DAVID ROTHENBERG. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. USED BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE ARTIST http://www.davidrothenberg.net
Some of the ideas and references we make in this podcast can be found here:
Forest Eagle Owl Sinharaja, Sri Lanka Pliny the Elder Tengmalm’s Owl Florence Nightingale Pablo Picasso Winnie the Pooh Bagpuss Tawny Owl Eric Hosking Ural Owl Sir David Attenborough Hawk Owl Saariselkä, Finland Little Owl Chauvet Cave, France Eurasian Scops Owl Athena Harry Potter Western Screech Owl Hopi Sokoke Scops Owl, Kenya Aztec god of death Cider with Rosie, Laurie Lee Barn Owl William Wordsworth Tlingit Egyptian Book of the Dead Great Horned Owl Seminole Apache The Secret Life of the Owl, John Lewis-Stempel Great Grey Owl Barred Owl Minnesota, USA Eurasian Eagle Owl Eurasian Pygmy Owl Pel’s Fishing Owl Blakiston’s Fish Owl Snowy Owl Twin Peaks, David Lynch The Messengers, Mike Clelland Whitley Strieber Owlman, Cornwall The Mothman Prophecies, John Keel Mark Twain Elf Owl Short-eared Owl Denmark Öland, Sweden Goldcrest “In a hole with an owl” The Fast Show
48 min