I often wonder why people are night owls, or how they become one. Any experience with night owl temperaments?
Researchers traditionally use the terms "morningness" and "eveningness" for the two chronotypes or diurnality and nocturnality in animal behavior. In several countries, especially in Scandinavia, early birds are called "A-people" and night owls are called "B-people".
Etymology.
The term is derived from the primarily nocturnal habits of the owl. Most owls sleep during the day and hunt for food at night.
Characteristics.
Usually, people who are night owls stay awake past midnight, and extreme
their Aboriginal Canadian counterparts, used an owl as a symbol for both evil and death. In addition, they used owls as a symbol of very high status of spiritual leaders of their spirituality.
- Pawnee tribes viewed owls as the symbol of protection from any danger within their realms.
- Pueblo people associated owls with Skeleton Man, the god of death and spirit of fertility.
- Yakama tribes use an owl as a powerful totem, often to guide where and how forests and natural resources are useful with management