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"The Three Bears", Arthur Rackham's illustration to English Fairy Tales, by Flora Annie Steel, 1918. Bears have been depicted throughout history by many different cultures and societies. Bears are very popular animals that feature in many stories, folklores, mythology and legends from across the world, ranging from North America, Europe and Asia.
Bears depicted in mythology. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. ... Pages in category "Mythological bears" The following ...
The bear ceremony starts with a capture, whereby male hunters enter a forest to find a bear den, kill the mother bear and catch the bear cub to bring back to the indigenous encampment. [16]: 23 The people in the region then raise the bear cub as if the bear cub is one of the tribes’ own children. The duration of raising the bear varies ...
In east African folklore, the Nandi bear is a creature said to live in East Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It takes its name from the Nandi people who live in western Kenya , in the area the Nandi Bear is reported from.
Bjarndyrakongur (Icelandic)- King of bears. Stems from Polar Bear sightings in Iceland being extremely rare, but not unheard of. Has a shining horn on its head topped with a ball and red patches on cheeks. Bugbear – child-eating hobgoblin; Callisto – A nymph who was turned into a bear by Hera.
In Finnish mythology, Otso (also known as Karhu, Ohto, Kontio, Metsän kuningas, and Mesikämmen) is a bear, the sacred king of animals and leader of the forest.It was deeply feared and respected by old Finnish tribes. [1]
Mars (mythology) (3 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Bear deities" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
One early Russian object of worship was the "Moist Mother Earth", [2] [7] [8] and a later, possibly related deity was called Mokosh, whose name means "moist" and may have Finnish origins. [3] [8] Mokosh was the goddess of women, children, and animals, and was worshiped for her connection with fertility. [8]