Bear worship (also known as bear cults or arctolatry (with "arctolatry" being a neologism not found in modern dictionaries or derived from earlier ancient...

transforming into bears. There is evidence of prehistoric bear worship, though this is disputed by archaeologists. It is possible that bear worship existed in...

A bear attack is an attack by a bear on another animal, although it usually refers to a bear attacking a human or domestic pet. Bear attacks are of particular...

child. Wilfred Bonser, "The Mythology of the Kalevala, with Notes on Bear-Worship among the Finns" (1928), pp. 344-358. Kalevala, translated by John Martin...

Matagi continue to hunt deer and bear in the present day, and their culture has much in common with the bear worship of the Ainu people. With the introduction...

children's book by Ben Mikaelsen Bear worship This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Spirit bear. If an internal link led you here...

The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years...

or bear worship. The Ainu believe that the bear holds particular importance as Kim-un Kamuy's chosen method of delivering the gift of the bear's hide...

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Rupert Bear, Paddington Bear and Winnie the Pooh. There is evidence of prehistoric bear worship, though archaeologists dispute...

described in the Enûma Eliš. In Babylonian religion, the ritual care and worship of the statues of deities were considered sacred; the gods lived simultaneously...

Nanook, the polar bear, was powerful and mighty, and they thought that he was "almost man." The Inuit hunters would worship this great bear because they believed...

pagan traditions often incorporate beliefs or practices, such as nature worship, that are different from those of the largest world religions. Contemporary...

and Chhattisgarh. The essence of the Sarna faith revolves around Nature worship. Its core principles emphasize "Jal" (water), "Jungle" (forest), and "Zameen"...

form of animism with polytheistic and shamanistic elements and ancestor worship. In East Africa the Kerma culture display Animistic elements similar to...

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or natural spirits; an example is Dayak's Hudoq dance or any similar bear worship practice. The term barong is thought to have been derived from the local...

Earth and gave birth to the Samsin in a cave, which is a reference to bear worship and Korean shamanism. Later, after male-oriented Buddhism has entered...

bear spirit, but rather the collective animistic spirit of all bears. Besides being worshipped by historical Finnish pagans, Otso is also worshipped in...

Bonser, Wilfrid (1928). "The Mythology of the Kalevala, with Notes on Bear-Worship among the Finns". Folklore. 39 (4): 344–358. doi:10.1080/0015587X.1928...

Peijaiset, a bear sacrifice ritual of Finland Clan of the Cave Bear, a novel about a prehistoric society centred on a similar sacrifice Bear worship "Project...

(alongside the equites, or nobles) and were responsible for organizing worship and sacrifices, divination, and judicial procedure in Gallic, British,...

Contemporary worship music (CWM), also known as praise and worship music, is a defined genre of Christian music used in contemporary worship. It has developed...

were worshiped at home. These sometimes were sacred animals. They were often fed a first bit of every food. Spirits and deities were also worshiped in designated...

which the people suffered and starved, depriving the gods of sacrifice and worship. As a result, Zeus relented and allowed Persephone to return to her mother...

Baba Fingo (the Saviour) Baro kar ("big human penis"; see also lingam) Bear worship Beng (the Devil) Bibi (Romani cult) Bona ("baptism") Biboldo ("unbaptized")...

group of deities in a four-tier hierarchy headed by El and Asherah were worshipped by the followers of the Canaanite religion; this is a detailed listing:...

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such as the reindeer, are very important to the kin-group. Aside from bear worship, there are other animal spirits such as the Haldi who watch over nature...

civilization's survival. Some cities in Sumer had periods where their kings were worshipped as gods, and occasionally, these times spread to all cities in the region...

Khabzism, is the ethnic religion of the Circassians. It is based on worshipping the supreme god Theshkhue (Тхьэшхуэ) and other minor deities under his...