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Egyptian world, god and goddess. Ra is our owl-god, he has head of a bird and a crown shaped like a snake. Another symbol is the snake. Snake-goddess and owl-goddess have the same position, in winter the snake goes into hibernation, he hides himself just to regenerate in spring, moreover he changes his skin. The most important example of combination between owl and snake is Kukulkan, the snake with feathers, god of (re)generation in Mesoamerican civilizations.