However, the widely accepted understanding of La Lechuza describes the figure as a large owl, roughly seven feet tall, with a wingspan of 15 feet and an old woman’s face.

Humanity has long felt the need to put a face to the things we find hard to understand; to personify good and evil—these forces we feel around us but cannot see. If evil has a face, a form, a body, ...

Almost nothing can be “clearly divided into good and evil.” Facts, context, intentions, history, needs and options make a difference. See these examples of two sides.

Recently, I wrote a story about a woman who had asked me if I believed that people were inherently good or evil. I never actually answered her question, much to the chagrin of several readers. So ...