🦉 In Slavic folk tradition, the owl plays an important role associated with maiden pregnancy. According to belief, the cry of a little owl indicates that there is a pregnant girl or woman in the village who conceived out of wedlock (Gruda, 'Bor.PVP 2: 44).

This image is developed in a Polish song about a fortune-telling owl, where the owl predicts future motherhood: "A little owl flies through the forest, / Kasia talks with Jaś. / 'Don't talk, Kasia, with Jaś, / You will have a falcon.' / 'What is it to you, little owl, / About my falcon? / I have enough advice, / I will carry the falcon.'"

The owl is also associated with promiscuity and erotic symbols. In the Old Russian tale "Bird's Council," the owl utters obscene remarks about boyars who fell and exposed their chests (Lop.DSP: 6). In a Polish riddle, the owl is directly linked to the female genitalia: "Between two legs / an owl twirls its whiskers" (Kraków region, Morawica et al.).

— Gura. Animal Symbolism in Slavic Folk Tradition, p. 582