Owuul
Owuul represents the tribe of men committed to respecting women. Owuul brings a call to action. First, an internal commitment as a #pledge-to-respect our fellow humans, especially women, and second, an external action to #StandUp to disrespectful actions and words, to call out sexual assault, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and domestic violence, verbal or physical. There is #NoExcuse to look the other way. It is #OurBusiness, #MyBusiness. #SorryAboutThat, #NotSorry.
Owl Symbolism
The owl has been a recognized by many cultures as a symbol of masculinity whose purpose is to protect against evil and to protect the feminine. In ancient Greece, the owl was the favorite of Athena, goddess of wisdom. In the ancient Roman empire, the owl warned of disaster.
To be fair, many cultures have associated the owl from a symbol of death to an image of heroism. Many of these mythologies emerged in the European middle ages. Some these myths venerate the owl, some portrait the owl with myths associated with darkness and subsequently evil. Even in American Indian culture, the owl’s symbolism is diverse: some images and myths represent courage, others depict the owl as a guardian. Still others cultures perceived the owl as representing the actual soul of person or as a symbol of a prophecy of things to come.
But the earliest cultures depict the owl in association with images of a divine feminine goddess that observably balances the natural world with its divine consort, the owl. The Burney Relief below predates Christianity by almost 2000 years.
Owuul Tattoos
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