Asherah was worshipped by the Canaanites. In 1st & 2nd Kings, it explains how a couple of the kings allowed some of their wives to continue worshipping as Canaanites. Those kings allowed a bit of mixing between the two religions and provoked God. King Josiah fixed where they had erred and brought them back to God. It appears that what you're talking about came during that short period of rebellion (and, yes, there are more rebellions & rebellious people in the Bible). Q Post 189 shares more about the owl/(Y). Also, if you watch O'keefe Media Group's ep Island vid (link below), you'll see what appear to be asherah poles carved all over the library right at the beginning of the vid - that's Canaanite worship. Those poles/symbols have also been linked to witchcraft & the occult.

https://youtu.be/vBKsf9YnlEo?si=nGPNIfRBrVQlZYUY