THE DIABOLIC BARN OWL
on Bosch’s Garden triptych, with its unnatural horn-like ears was associated with nocturnal demons.
Dirc van Delf 1404 compares Asmodeus, the devil of unchastity, to a barn owl:
“This is the devil of unchastity, who settles in sleeping rooms and wanders about…”
After Dr. De Bruyn 2023

DO notice one of the trio under the transparant semi-bubble looking rather flabbergasted in the direction of the Owl…