# Grandfather Burrowing-Owl — Zuni Folktales character guide

> Grandfather Burrowing-Owl in Zuni Folktales by Frank Hamilton Cushing.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Grandfather, the Burrowing-owl, the Grandfather Burrowing-owl

**First appearance:** 0024-the-prairie-dogs-and-their-priest-the-burrowing-owl

## Who they are

An elder owl character who serves as a priest to prairie dogs.

## In the story

### [The Warrior Suitor of Moki](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/the-warrior-suitor-of-moki)

Not directly mentioned; the Cave-swallow is addressed as 'Grandfather' but is not the burrowing owl.

### [The Prairie-Dogs and Their Priest, the Burrowing-Owl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/zuni_folktales_se/chapters/the-prairie-dogs-and-their-priest-the-burrowing-owl)

The priest who uses a Tip-beetle's pungent breath to drive away the rain clouds.

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