Owl and Vulture Hieroglyphs
by Anita F. Barbour
Owl Hieroglyph
Valley fold so
outer edges (x)
Start with a
Valley fold are almost, but
colored bird base,
two flaps. not quite,
flaps down. Rotate 180º.
Valley fold near flap. horizontal.
Valley
fold each Narrow
leg in half. legs with Lift and squash
valley folds. fold each leg as
symmetrically as
possible.
Open and squash
fold the head:
Pleat each leg. Note that the
Precrease the
mountain folds are at different
mountain fold. Then make a valley fold
angles from each other.
(a) Valley fold tail; (b) valley in the top layer so the point extends
fold model in half vertically. beyond the right edge. See step 11.
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Valley fold.
Valley fold.
Valley fold.
Mountain
fold tiny peak
(a) Valley fold beak; behind head.
(b) inside reverse
fold feet.
(a) Mountain fold sides of head;
(b) inside reverse fold feet.
(a) Rabbit-ear beak (see 17a for
detail view); (b) bring beak down.
Adjust legs, if necessary,
so bird stands.
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Vulture Hieroglyph
Use steps 1-9 of the Owl Hieroglyph for the
body and steps 15b and 16b for the feet.
Outside reverse fold
the head flap.
Outside reverse fold again.
Crimp to form
the beak.
Adjust legs, if necessary,
so bird stands. Inside reverse fold the tip
of the beak.
The owl stood for the sound of M in the Egyptian alphabet. Though most ancient Egyptian words were written as
groups of consonants, the vulture represented the sounds of the short A, the short E and the short O.
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