Title: Funk the Owl (named after the German verb "funkeln" which means to sparkle)
Adopted: Spring 2009
Material: Ceramic glazed in mottled light and dark brown with black metal insert to hold votive or tea light
Size: Short & Squat, approximately 5 inches tall
Location: Anywhere! (As long as its never left unattended when lit!)
Unique Characteristic(s): Includes a metal hook at the top for hanging. Distinctively constructed with no wrong side or backside, i.e. with a face on either side of its body - providing a pleasant visage from any side!
***WARNING*** Geek Tangent: Being the classical mythology geek that I am, Funk the Owl totally brings to mind Janus, the two-headed Roman god. He too had no backside and could face forwards and backwards at the same time. Because of this special trait, he became the token god of city gates and doorways. Our month of January is even named after him, because the month looks back on the year before but also looks forward to a new year. Janus is the god of endings and new beginnings, because as Green Day puts it, "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end..."
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