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It is possible that bear worship existed in early Chinese and Ainu cultures. [2] The prehistoric Finns, [3] Siberian peoples [4] and more recently Koreans considered the bear as the spirit of their forefathers. [5] [need quotation to verify] In many Native American cultures the bear symbolizes rebirth because of its hibernation and re-emergence ...
A successful bear hunt was followed by a ritual feast called peijaiset with a ceremony as the bear as an "honoured guest", with songs convincing the bear that its death was "accidental", in order to appease its spirit. The skull of the bear was raised high into a pine tree so its spirit could climb back into its home in the heavens, and this ...
Bear taxon names such as Arctoidea and Helarctos come from the ancient Greek ἄρκτος (arktos), meaning bear, [7] as do the names "arctic" and "antarctic", via the name of the constellation Ursa Major, the "Great Bear", prominent in the northern sky. [8] Bear taxon names such as Ursidae and Ursus come from Latin Ursus/Ursa, he-bear/she ...
Due to the importance of the bear spirit in historical Finnish paganism, bears are still considered by many Finns to be kings of the forest, and the bear is even the national animal of Finland. [3] Otso is not a particular individual bear spirit, but rather the collective animistic spirit of all bears.
The bear is strangled with sticks and then taken to the altar where the people give gifts to the dead bear and pray to the kamuy again. The bear is dismembered, and the head brought inside. There is a feast with the bear's boiled flesh, with performances of yukar, dances, and songs. [11]
Brown bear; the bear was considered the most sacred of animals in Finnish mythology, only referred to by euphemisms (see taboo and noa-name). The killing of a bear was followed by a great feast in honour of the bear ( peijaiset ), where a substantial part of the celebrations consisted of convincing the bear's spirit that it had died ...
There are about 250 white Kermode bears, sometimes called spirit bears — a name stemming from Indigenous folklore — in the region, according to Canadian wildlife authorities.
These guardian animals are the same as the original regions with the exception of the coyote, which replaces the bear; and the wildcat (or bobcat), which replaces the red badger. [4] Sa-ni-a-kia is the awakening of the fetish and subsequently the power of the hunter.