Bodo
Snowy Owl
Bodo loves quiet twilight hours, fresh snowfall, and watching the world hunker down for the winter season of hygge.
He believes each snowflake is a letter from the sky, and spends much of his time reading the patterns of each one to decipher their secret messages. If you offer him a snack, he’ll read the sky’s portents for you.
Snowy Owl Folkore
In the far reaches of Europe and the Arctic North, the snowy owl has long been regarded as a creature of wisdom, guardianship, and clarity.
Among the Sámi people, the snowy owl is respected as a silent guardian, its presence a sign that travelers are being watched over. A lone owl perched on a ridge was said to “see the truth beneath the snow,” sensing danger long before it arrived.
Across these northern stretches, the snowy owl stands as winter’s sage, an embodiment of quiet knowledge, patience, and wisdom shaped by long nights and frosted forests.
Among Cree and Ojibwe peoples, owls often serve as teachers in dreams, challenging dreamers to recognize their own intuition. Though owls can sometimes represent caution or transition, the snowy owl specifically is admired for its clarity of sight, both literal and symbolic. To encounter one is to be reminded to listen: to the land, to one’s instincts, to the wisdom that comes from stillness.
