Owls crop up quite often in the works of Hieronymus Bosch,
particularly his drawings, where they are sometimes related to "folk
sayings"; see the book on his drawings by van Beuningen, amongst
others.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
PS I am not a believer in the premise that animals *always* have
symbolic significance. If one believed that, some hilarious analyses
could be made of current children's cartoons.
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