“Why do people not like the owl, even though it is a bird distinguished by its beauty, and that is in addition to the fact that God did not create anything monstrous?” A summary of the dialogue that took place in the series “Jet Selima”, starring the star Donia Samir Ghanem. The mention of the owl did not stop at this point, but Salima read a book drawn on the cover of an owl, and after reading two pages of it, they used a feather from an owl to mark the page, so they moved to another time, and from here the seventh day reviews the origin of the owl in Egyptian history.

Know the story of the owl in Egyptian history

According to the site “referenceThe owl in ancient Egyptian history was associated with death, as the ancients believed that it protected souls during their transition from one world to another, and this is what made them honor them, and they believed that the soul of the deceased takes the form of an owl at night while it wanders, and this came as a result of the similarity between the human head And the head of an owl.

The pessimism of some of them is due to their activity at night and their loud voice, but they are among the birds that help the environmental balance, in addition to that they were a symbol of victory, in addition to that the ancient Egyptians were distinguished in their drawing, to the extent that they symbolize the letter M in the hieroglyphic language, which is a basic letter In the name of Egypt, which was called as, and the name of the god Amun.

It has been proven in the papyri that the owl is the first bird that was mummified, and statues were made of it. The Egyptian owl is distinguished by its feathers that form above its head, which suggests that it has horns, up to 50 cm long. It is known for its golden brown and white dotted color, and the eyes are orange or yellow.

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