• The Brown Bear of Norway is an Irish fairy tale collected by Patrick Kennedy which appeared in his Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts (1866). It was...
    13 KB (1,864 words) - 19:28, 7 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brown bear
    The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear species found across Eurasia and North America. It is one of the largest living terrestrial members of the...
    132 KB (14,842 words) - 09:52, 19 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Eurasian brown bear
    The Eurasian brown bear (Ursus arctos arctos) is one of the most common subspecies of the brown bear, and is found in much of Eurasia. It is also called...
    21 KB (2,253 words) - 00:44, 20 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bear
    (1866). "The Brown Bear of Norway". Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts. Macmillan. pp. 57–67. Elms, Alan C. (July–September 1977). ""The Three Bears": Four...
    105 KB (10,645 words) - 02:34, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for White-Bear-King-Valemon
    East of the Sun and West of the Moon (Asbjørnsen & Moe, No. 41). Others of this type include: The Brown Bear of Norway, The Daughter of the Skies, The Enchanted...
    30 KB (4,692 words) - 06:09, 26 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Bears in Ireland
    Bears were once common in Ireland but are now extinct on the island, having died out in the 1st millennium BC. A subspecies of the brown bear (Ursus arctos)...
    12 KB (1,206 words) - 02:13, 1 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Distribution of brown bears
    Brown bears (Ursus arctos) were once native to Europe, much of Asia, the Atlas Mountains of Africa, and North America, but are now extirpated in some...
    15 KB (1,501 words) - 06:01, 4 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for East of the Sun and West of the Moon
    tales of this type include "Black Bull of Norroway", "The Brown Bear of Norway", "The Daughter of the Skies", "The Enchanted Pig", "The Tale of the Hoodie"...
    24 KB (3,137 words) - 15:43, 8 March 2024
  • The Brown Bear of Norway, The Daughter of the Skies, The Enchanted Pig, The Tale of the Hoodie, Master Semolina, The Sprig of Rosemary, East of the Sun...
    5 KB (808 words) - 17:26, 24 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for The Singing, Springing Lark
    the Skies, The Brown Bear of Norway, The Enchanted Pig, The Tale of the Hoodie, The Iron Stove, The Sprig of Rosemary, and White-Bear-King-Valemon. There...
    8 KB (1,142 words) - 02:47, 7 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dietary biology of the brown bear
    The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is one of the most omnivorous animals in the world and has been recorded to consume the greatest variety of foods of any...
    93 KB (11,962 words) - 19:04, 30 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cultural depictions of bears
    including Winnie the Pooh, Paddington Bear, Gentle Ben and The Brown Bear of Norway. An early version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, was originally...
    27 KB (2,760 words) - 00:13, 4 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Shapeshifting
    the Sun and West of the Moon), or the bridegroom must not burn the animals' skins. In The Brown Bear of Norway, The Golden Crab, The Enchanted Snake and...
    65 KB (8,865 words) - 17:00, 13 May 2024
  • type include The Black Bull of Norroway, The Brown Bear of Norway, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Enchanted Pig, The Tale of the Hoodie, Master...
    8 KB (1,165 words) - 13:31, 29 March 2023
  • Thumbnail for Black Bull of Norroway
    of this type include, The Brown Bear of Norway, The Daughter of the Skies, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Enchanted Pig, The Tale of the Hoodie...
    40 KB (6,423 words) - 19:05, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Polar bear
    The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can...
    95 KB (12,387 words) - 16:02, 20 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gobi bear
    The Gobi bear (Ursus arctos gobiensis), known in Mongolian as the Mazaalai (Мазаалай), is a subspecies of the brown bear (Ursus arctos) that is found in...
    12 KB (1,177 words) - 15:46, 23 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Youngest son
    the Fire Bird and the Gray Wolf or The Brown Bear of the Green Glen, and courtesy to strangers, especially those who appear weak, as in The Water of Life...
    10 KB (1,467 words) - 00:40, 29 April 2024
  • from traditional fairy tales: "The Enchanted Pig", and "The Brown Bear of Norway". The opera was commissioned by the Young Vic theatre, by which it was...
    5 KB (564 words) - 19:47, 29 June 2023
  • "The Search for the Lost Husband", and 432, the Prince as Bird. Other types of the first type include The Black Bull of Norroway, The Brown Bear of Norway...
    10 KB (1,561 words) - 23:51, 1 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bear attack
    1980. The number of black bear attacks on humans is higher than those of brown bears, though this is largely because black bears outnumber brown bears rather...
    43 KB (5,250 words) - 23:04, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lang's Fairy Books
    "The King of the Waterfalls" "A French Puck" "The Three Crowns" "The Story of a Very Bad Boy" "The Brown Bear of Norway" "Little Lasse" "Moti" "The Enchanted...
    56 KB (6,227 words) - 05:05, 11 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Iron Stove
    the ground into a bottomless abyss. Children's literature portal Black Bull of Norroway East of the Sun and West of the Moon The Brown Bear of Norway...
    10 KB (1,499 words) - 00:56, 2 September 2023
  • was the "wife's quest and gifts" and "nights bought". Black Bull of Norroway The Brown Bear of Norway The Daughter of the Skies The Tale of the Hoodie...
    54 KB (6,922 words) - 23:00, 17 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bear hunting
    populations of black bear remain at risk of extirpation. The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large species of bear distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere...
    25 KB (3,146 words) - 22:11, 14 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Norway
    land is the polar bear, while the brown bear is the largest predator on the Norwegian mainland. The largest land animal on the mainland is the elk (American...
    204 KB (19,768 words) - 18:02, 22 May 2024
  • Boston: Little Brown Company. Retrieved 8 November 2017. Colum, Padraic (1918), The Boy Who Knew How to Speak to Birds., New York: The MacMillan Company...
    239 KB (2,296 words) - 23:07, 17 May 2024
  • Black Thorn, White Rose (category Collections of fairy tales)
    Schimel The Brown Bear of Norway by Isabel Cole The Goose Girl by Tim Wynne-Jones Tattercoats by Midori Snyder Granny Rumple by Jane Yolen The Sawing Boys...
    4 KB (217 words) - 07:59, 29 April 2023
  • Norroway, The Brown Bear of Norway, The Enchanted Snake, and The Enchanted Pig, the bride finds her animal bridegroom is also a man. Furthermore, the usual...
    19 KB (3,082 words) - 22:17, 7 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Enchanted Pig
    the false bride for three nights with the husband". Others of this type include The Black Bull of Norroway, The Brown Bear of Norway, The Daughter of...
    57 KB (9,241 words) - 14:45, 24 April 2024