The moral of this story is, DON’T BE AN ASSHOLE OR THE OWL WITCH WILL FIND YOU AND FUCKING EAT YOU. The interesting thing is that she is attracted to discourse, the more negativity energy in a home the better or more delicious. Granted this isn’t her exclusive food choice, she will also grab children that are out too late, often mistaking them for her own. Even if the victim is home she will scratch and claw at the door and continue to scream or cry at her chosen meal. She can mimic the cry of a baby or someone they know and call our their name. 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. Hope yall enjoy my take on La Lechuza, a Mexican folklore legend of a witch who transforms herself into an owl to prey on people through the night. 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 More specifically, the witch has the body of an owl, with a human head. The owl witch is supposedly an old woman that shape-shifts into a human sized owl. This is a great video of an owl in a defensive mode, screeching and clicking at a dog. As a kid, one of my favorite stories my grandfather would tell was of la Lechuza, or the Owl witch. 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. Owls are considered 'wise old birds' in some cultures, while other cultures fear. Our village was extremely poor, but when. Our village was quite far from any metropolitan area, which made daily tasks, such as buying household items, quite difficult. The entire village had a population of approximately 200 residents, all living within proximity. La lechuza is the barn owl, the pale (almost white) owl. The Lechuza (Owl Witch) I grew up in a small village in Mexico in the 1950’s. This one is more chirpy, but still they scream Another story that we tell is the legend of la lechuza. 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 In August 2014, a video of Mexican villagers interrogating and burning an owl alive went viral. 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. Fearers of the lechuza have taken action against actual owls.
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