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J. R. R. Tolkien draws heavily on Norse mythology in his Middle Earth tales, including The Hobbit. There, the berserker Beorn can transfigure into a massive bear, dangerous to both friend and foe. [50] In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, berserkers appear as humans that have transformed into bears. [51]
Otso is not a particular individual bear spirit, but rather the collective animistic spirit of all bears. Besides being worshipped by historical Finnish pagans, Otso is also worshipped in modern Finnish neopaganism , and the neopagan organization Karhun kansa is named after the bear.
The Old Norse name Bergelmir has been variously translated as 'bear-yeller', 'mountain-yeller', or 'bare-yeller'. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] According to linguist Jan de Vries , the name should be read as ber-gelmir ('who roars like a bear') rather than berg-gelmir ('who roars in the mountains').
Bǫðvarr Bjarki fights in bear form in his last battle, depicted by Louis Moe.. Bödvar Bjarki (Old Norse: Bǫðvarr Bjarki [ˈbɔðˌvɑrː ˈbjɑrki]), meaning 'Warlike Little-Bear', [1] is the hero appearing in tales of Hrólfr Kraki in the Hrólfs saga kraka, in the Latin epitome to the lost Skjöldunga saga, and as Biarco in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum. [2]
Gold jewellery from the 10th century Hiddensee treasure, mixing Norse pagan and Christian symbols. Pair of "tortoise brooches," which were worn by married Viking women. Viking art, also known commonly as Norse art, is a term widely accepted for the art of Scandinavian Norsemen and Viking settlements further afield—particularly in the British Isles and Iceland—during the Viking Age of the ...
It is proposed by some authors that the Old Norse warriors, the berserkers, drew their power from the bear and were devoted to the bear cult, which was once widespread across the northern hemisphere. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] The berserkers maintained their religious observances despite their fighting prowess, as the Svarfdæla saga tells of a challenge to ...
Pages in category "Mythological bears" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Berkanan is the reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the b rune ᛒ, meaning "birch".In the Younger Futhark it is called Bjarkan in the Icelandic and Norwegian rune poems.In the Anglo-Saxon rune poem it is called beorc ("birch" or "poplar").