58: Lechuza - She’s A Black Owl Woman

This week, MOZ and Jeremy explore the legend of a dangerous shapeshifting creature known as Lechuza. This fiend is part owl, part woman and all terrifying. This expedition takes them into the heart of the most desolate regions of the southwestern deserts where owl-lore and owl-sorcery rule the night. Join them if you dare!

References:

Lechuza hunt in packs: https://paranormalauthority.com › the-lechuza 

Lechuza origins: The Lechuza – Mexico Unexplained https://mexicounexplained.com/the-lechuza/

 

Owl etymology: owl_names_IJAL.pdf (washington.edu)

 

Whistling: https://paranormalauthority.com › the-lechuza

 

Call of the bokoboko: Dark Shamans Kanaima and the Poetics of Violent Death - Neil L. Whitehead |Hikikomori Feral – Academia.edu https://www.academia.edu/49284713/Dark_Shamans_Kanaima_and_the_Poetics_of_Violent_Death_Neil_L_Whitehead\

 

Striglais: Bane, T. (2016). Encyclopedia of beasts and monsters in myth, legend and folklore. Mcfarland & Co, p947

 

Metamorphoses owl transformation: Steiger, B. (1999). The werewolf book: the encyclopedia of shapeshifting beings. Farmington, Michigan: Visible Ink Press, p 11- 12

 

Strzyga: The Strzyga/Striga in Polish Mythology - Slavic Saturday - Brendan Noble (brendan-noble.com) https://brendan-noble.com/the-strzyga-striga-in-polish-mythology/

 

Ragana: A List of 5 Deities That are Associated with Owls [With Stories] (magickalspot.com)

https://magickalspot.com/deities-associated-with-owls/

 

Alakshmi: A List of 5 Deities That are Associated with Owls (magickalspot.com)

https://magickalspot.com/deities-associated-with-owls/

 

Aswang na Lipad: Ghouls in Philippine Folklore • THE ASWANG PROJECT https://www.aswangproject.com/philippine-ghouls/

 

Owls of Vancouver Island: Giant Owls in Canada? (mysteriesofcanada.com)

https://mysteriesofcanada.com/saskatchewan/giant-owls-in-canada/

 

Chocktaw: https://choctawnationculture.com/media/40242/2015.10_the_legends_surrounding_owls.pdf

 

Hopi owl lore: Told by Sik'áhpiki (Shupaúlavi).

The Traditions of the Hopi: 53. The Child Who Turned Into An Owl (sacred-texts.com) P174-175

https://sacred-texts.com/nam/hopi/toth/toth056.htm

 

Hmuga: Pratt, C. (2007). Encyclopedia of shamanism (Vol 1). Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., p206-207 (of the Internet Archive version)

 

Guy-an-way: Giant Owls in Canada? (mysteriesofcanada.com)

https://mysteriesofcanada.com/saskatchewan/giant-owls-in-canada/

 

Stikini of Oklahoma: Stikini, the owl witches of Seminole folklore – RANDOM Times • (random-times.com) https://random-times.com/2022/09/20/stikini-the-owl-witches-of-seminole-folklore/

 

Howler scream: Giant Owls in Canada? (mysteriesofcanada.com) https://mysteriesofcanada.com/saskatchewan/giant-owls-in-canada/

 

Tlingit owl mythos: Tlingit Myths and Texts: Texts: 98. The K<U>î</U>ksA'd<U>î</U> Woman Who Was Turned Into An Owl (sacred-texts.com) https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/nw/tmt/tmt123.htm

 

Kwel-Kwel: The Owl (sacred-texts.com): https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/nw/ttb/ttb27.htm

 

Tah-tah-kle’-ah: 10 Eerie Native American Monsters - Listverse

https://listverse.com/2014/04/20/10-eerie-native-american-monsters/

 

The owl wives: Myths and Tales of the Southeastern Indians: Alabama Stories: 27. The Owl Wives (sacred-texts.com) https://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/se/mtsi/mtsi163.htm

 

Lechuza encounter: Lechuza: Mexico’s Witch Owl — Paranormal Catalog https://www.paranormalcatalog.net/cryptids/lechuza-mexicos-witch-owl

 

Some Lechuza headlines: The Chilling Story of La Lechuza & Its Sinister History | LoveToKnow

https://paranormal.lovetoknow.com/cryptid-types-history/lechuza-history-stories

 

Owl woman encounter: Clelland, M. (2020). The messengers: owls, synchronicity and the UFO abductee. Beneath the Stars Press, p136

 

Best defense: https://paranormalauthority.com › the-lechuza

 

Stikini: Bane, T. (2016). Encyclopedia of beasts and monsters in myth, legend and folklore. Mcfarland & Co, p945

 

Best defense 2: Mooney, J. (1932). The Swimmer manuscript: Cherokee Sacred Formulas and Medicinal Prescriptions. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, p29

 

Lechuza demonized by the church: https://exemplore.com/news/harpy-myth-owl

 

Owl witchcraft: Hatt, G. (1919). Notes on Reindeer Nomadism. Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association, VOL. VI, No. 2, p166 https://archive.org/stream/memoirs_06ameruoft/memoirs_06ameruoft_djvu.txt

 

Owls and Peyote as inherently evil: Harner, M. (1973). Hallucinogens and Shamanism. Oxford University Press, p61

 

Owl as shaman guardian: - https://dmt.vision/gallery/ - what is hidden or in the shadows. Owl is a messenger of omens who will call out to let all share in its vision.

 

Shamanic owl initiation: From a Shaman's Notebook - Primitive and Archaic Poetry: Arranged by Jerome Rothenberg https://archive.org/stream/lp_from-a-shamans-notebook-primitive-and-arch_no-artist/lp_from-a-shamans-notebook-primitive-and-arch_no-artist_djvu.txt

 

Texano owl tale: https://paranormalauthority.com › the-lechuza

 

Anishinaabe owl lore: Geniusz, W.M. (2008). Gookooko’oog: Owls and Their Role in Anishinaabe Culture. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, p252

 

Anishinaabe witchcraft: Rempel, Z. (2019). An Anishinaabe Ethno-ornithology of Wabaseemoong Independent Nations. University of Manitoba, p43

 

Keewaydinoquay interview: Geniusz, W.M. (2008). Gookooko’oog: Owls and Their Role in Anishinaabe Culture. University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, p262

 

Sound recording of class lecture, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, May 1985. Sound recording of story “The girl who was raised by owls,” Milwaukee, Wisconsin, n.d