Sources for Episode One of First Years Podcast

Special thanks to JK Rowling who is the author of our main source, Harry Potter.

If you’re interested, the rest of our sources for this episode are:

Benn, James A. “Another Look at the Pseudo-Suramgama Sutra.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 68, No. 1 (Jun., 2008), pp. 57-89

Harvard-Yenching Institute

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40213652

Benson, Erin M., and Joseph M. Galloy. “Ceramic Owl Effigies From Ancient East St. Louis.” Illinois Antiquity, Volume 48, Number 3. September 1, 2013 

Douglas, E. M. “The Owl of Athena.” The Journal of Hellenic Studies, vol. 32, 1912, pp. 174–178. JSTOR, https://www.jstor.org/stable/624140.

Forth, Gregory. “Symbolic Birds and Ironic Bats: Varieties of Classification in the Nage Folk Ornithology.”Ethnology, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Spring 2009), pp. 139-159

University of Pittsburgh- Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education

https://www.jstor.org/stable/20754017

Homerin, T. Emil. “Echoes of a Thirsty Owl: Death and Afterlife in Pre-Islamic Arabic Poetry.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies,  Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jul., 1985), pp. 165-184

The University of Chicago Press

www.jstor.org/stable/544903

Lake-Thom, Bobby. Spirits of the Earth: A Guide to Native American Nature Symbols, Stories, and Ceremonies. PLUME, published by the Penguin Group, 1997

Lewis, Deane. “Owls in Mythology & Culture.” The Owl Pages. https://www.owlpages.com/owls/articles.php?a=62

Love, Presley. “Symbolic Owl Meaning.” UniverseofSymbolism.com https://www.universeofsymbolism.com/symbolic-owl-meaning.html

Marshall, Joe T. and Frank Gill. “Owl.” Encyclopedia Britannica. May, 09, 2019.

https://www.britannica.com/animal/owl

Salmony, Alfred and Ralph Manheim. “The Owl as an Ornament in Archaic Chinese Bronzes.” Parnassus, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Feb., 1934), pp. 23-25. CAA.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/770848 

Stross, Brian. “Eight Reinterpretations of Submerged Symbolism in the Mayan Popol Wuj.” Anthropological Linguistics, Vol. 49, No. 3/4 (Fall-Winter, 2007), pp. 388-423

The Trustees of Indiana University on behalf of Anthropological Linguistics

https://www.jstor.org/stable/27667613

Weiss, Gerald. “Campa Cosmology.”Ethnology, Vol 11, No. 2 (Apr., 1972), pp. 157-172. University of Pittsburgh—of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3773299

Wilson, Eddie W. “The Owl and the American Indian.” The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 63, No. 249 (Jul. –Sep., 1950), pp. 336-344. American Folklore Society

https://www.jstor.org/stable/536533

 Von Winning, Hasso. “The Teotihuacan Owl-and-Weapon Symbol and Its Association with ‘Serpent Head X’ at Kaminaljuyu.” American Antiquity, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Oct., 1948), pp. 129-132. Cambridge University Press

https://www.jstor.org/stable/275229