Owl Guardian of Tlingit

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No owl guardian spirit is attested in Tlingit tradition. The Tlingit tell of the Kîksa'dî woman turned into an owl whose cry announces bad weather and bad news; elsewhere owls are linked to death omens and shamanic spirits. None of this amounts to a guardian owl, and the river-guardian framing is a template artifact.

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