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  2. Cultural depictions of bears - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Bear worship - Wikipedia

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    This spiritual engagement, often termed as "bear ceremony," "bear festival," or "bear dance," reflects a shared connection to the natural world and the significance of bears within these societies. Some scholars argue that bear worship not only holds significant cultural and spiritual value but also played a foundational role in shaping ...

  4. Rock art of the Chumash people - Wikipedia

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    In this altered state, brought on either by surprisingly potent native tobacco or jimsonweed, shamans received visions and supernatural power from spirit helpers often in the forms of dangerous and powerful animals like rattlesnakes and grizzly bears. Spirit helpers almost never took the form of an animal that was an important source of food ...

  5. Nanook - Wikipedia

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    In Inuit religion, Nanook (/ ˈ n æ n uː k /; Inuktitut: ᓇᓄᖅ [1], [2] lit. "polar bear") was the master of bears, meaning he decided if hunters deserved success in finding and hunting bears and punished violations of taboos. [3] The word was popularized by Nanook of the North, the first feature-length documentary. [citation needed]

  6. Haida mythology - Wikipedia

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    Dzalarhons, a woman associated with frogs and volcanoes, and her husband, Kaiti (bear god), arrived at the homeland of the Haida from the Pacific Ocean along with six canoes full of people. Gyhldeptis is a kindly forest goddess. Lagua is an invisible spirit who helped the Haida discover the uses of iron.

  7. The bear facts: Why are the Memphis Grizzlies ... well, the ...

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    The Memphis Grizzlies are now in their 23rd season in the Bluff City.. So whatever the fate of the team, the name, apparently, is here to stay. Yet some fans (or non-fans, maybe) still complain ...

  8. Great Seal of California - Wikipedia

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    The seal shows Athena in Greek mythology (alternately Minerva in Roman mythology), the goddess of wisdom and war, because she was born an adult, and California was never a territory; a California grizzly bear, the official state animal, feeding on grape vines, representing California's wine production; a sheaf of grain, representing agriculture ...

  9. Celebrated Yellowstone grizzly bear is killed by car aged 28

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    Grizzly Bear 399 had birthed 18 cubs in her lifetime