Aliens or OWLiens

[Bonnie Surfus (ENG)]

Marija Gimbutas, archaeologist at UCLA (I think that's where she is) 
notices in her work that many of the goddess figurines found all about 
Europe demonstrate ritual worship of an earlier veneration of Her in Her 
manifestations as both snake goddess and bird goddess (rather, these two 
are prominent--there are others.)  Most often, it is the owl that 
represents the ornothological orientation of the Goddess.

And that golden mechanical owl from Clash of the Titans (weren't there 
some warring skeletons also?) is not merely a visual aside.  It is part 
of the mythology that inspired the "film."  The mechanized nature of the 
bird? That may be embellished.