Sometimes things you think are unlucky can be your miracle.

I've been researching the mythology, history, and biological and physical characteristics of owls for a while now. The first question that popped into my mind was: In which country and what event first revealed owls to be considered unlucky? Finding the answer wasn't difficult at all. China was the first place to label owls as unlucky, and I immediately investigated the reason.

In Chinese folklore, young owls are said to only flee the nest after pecking out their mother’s eyes. Because they killed their mothers, owls represented darkness and evil. People thought its big, staring eyes were demonic, and its scary call sounds like the word for “digging a grave” in some dialects. This can be interpreted as a link between death and owls. When an owl hoots, it is thought that disease or death will occur in that........

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