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in early indian folklore, owls represent wisdom and helpfulness, and have powers of prophecy. this theme recurs in aesop's fables and in greek myths and beliefs. by the middle ages in europe, the owl had become the associate of witches and the inhabitant of dark, lonely and profane places. during the eighteenth century the zoological aspects of owls were detailed through close observation, reducing the mystery surrounding these birds, superstitions dying out in the twentieth century the owl has returned to its position as a symbol of wisdom !