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Post by Montezuma on Mar 17, 2022 11:31:40 GMT -5
Polar bears are only native to the north arctic lands. Where, they are widely respected and stands the most sacred animal to the arctic natives in Siberia, Canada, Alaska and Slavbard. This thread shows their importance. I dedicate this thread to oldindigosilverback becausr he loves polar bears too much, 
"Polar bears are importance to Inuit and Eskimos cultures who held deep respect for them. The bears are seen as 'Great Spirit' and are used in various rituals. The bears are related with the great bear constellation and there are many folkores in which it is said that bears are also humans meaning bears are interchangable. The lengends held deep respect for polar bears protrayting them as spiritually powerful."
books.google.com.pk/books?id=5hS-vzTHU5oC&pg=PA142&dq=polar+bear+sacred+to+inuits&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiUjY29xs32AhVV8rsIHV7RAgUQ6AF6BAgDEAM
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Post by Gorilla king on Mar 17, 2022 13:15:51 GMT -5
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Post by Montezuma on Mar 19, 2022 6:58:09 GMT -5
"Among the Chukchi and Yupik of eastern Siberia, there was a longstanding shamanistic ritual of "thanksgiving" to the hunted polar bear. After killing the animal, its head and skin were removed and cleaned and brought into the home, and a feast was held in the hunting camp in its honor. To appease the spirit of the bear, traditional song and drum music was played, and the skull was ceremonially fed and offered a pipe. Only once the spirit was appeased was the skull be separated from the skin, taken beyond the bounds of the homestead, and placed in the ground, facing north.
The Nenets of north-central Siberia placed particular value on the talismanic power of the prominent canine teeth. These were traded in the villages of the lower Yenisei and Khatanga rivers to the forest-dwelling peoples further south, who would sew them into their hats as protection against brown bears. It was believed that the "little nephew" (the brown bear) would not dare to attack a man wearing the tooth of its powerful "big uncle", the polar bear. The skulls of killed polar bears were buried at sacred sites, and altars, called sedyangi, were constructed out of the skulls. Several such sites have been preserved on the Yamal Peninsula."
books.google.com.pk/books?id=5hS-vzTHU5oC&pg=PA142&dq=polar+beat+sacred+to.inuits+north+american+predators&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixq9b0j9L2AhV3if0HHRVaAZQQ6AF6BAgMEAM
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Post by Montezuma on Mar 19, 2022 7:15:14 GMT -5
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Post by Montezuma on Mar 19, 2022 7:27:29 GMT -5
Legends about Polar bears in inuits, A story that a inuit woman adopted an Orphan Polar bear cub,
www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TheWomanAndHerBear-Eskimo.html
"Many tales and legends tell of the great, white bear, who wanders the Arctic realm. In the Norwegian fairytale, “East of the Sun and West of the Moon,” a white bear comes to the door of a peasant, asking for his youngest daughter in exchange for wealth and riches. The maiden goes with the creature to an enchanted castle, and each evening when darkness falls, the bear transforms into a man and climbs into bed next to her. One night curiosity overcomes her, and striking a candle, she shines light upon his face, only to find a golden-haired prince lying asleep. Drops of melted tallow fall on his skin, and he awakens with a cry. If only she had lived with him for one year as a white bear, he tells her, he would have been free of his curse. Now he must marry the troll princess, who lives in an ice palace east of the sun and west of the moon. The castle and prince vanish, and the maiden sets off on the long journey north in search of her white bear.
Inuit traditional stories also make reference to polar bears who transform into men, shedding their thick fur upon entering their winter dens. Perhaps it is the human likeness the animal displays when it walks upright that inspire the stories of this revered white bear."
www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.nathab.com/blog/folklore-arctic-animals/&ved=2ahUKEwj-pertlNL2AhXIt6QKHZaODTQQFnoECC8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw2njvOGQF13MeY2c98rG7Uj
"According to the legend once Nanook was chased by hunting dogs. Hunt went on and on and Nanook was not able to shake it´s pursuers off. They ran all the way to the edge of the world. In the joy of the hunt Nanook and the dogs did not notice the cliff. They all plunged into the star sky. This is how the constellation of Pleiades was born. Next to the Pleiades is the constellation of Ursa Major which for the Inuits represented Giant Caribou."
www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.fairychamber.com/blog/inuit-legend-how-stars-got-into-the-sky.html&ved=2ahUKEwiIoMqhmNL2AhUx8LsIHTduCWUQFnoECA8QAQ&usg=AOvVaw099aZr16qPkLMGyUz-_yn8
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Mar 19, 2022 7:53:30 GMT -5
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Post by Montezuma on Mar 19, 2022 7:54:39 GMT -5
From sitting to walking to dancing to fighting, the polar bear is one of the most depicted subjects in Inuit sculpture. Perhaps the arctic’s most iconic animal, the solitary bear is also the most powerful.
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Mar 19, 2022 7:58:41 GMT -5
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Post by Montezuma on Mar 19, 2022 8:05:18 GMT -5
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Post by Montezuma on Mar 19, 2022 8:37:22 GMT -5
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Post by Montezuma on Mar 19, 2022 8:47:53 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Mar 19, 2022 12:54:35 GMT -5
www.nwf.org/magazines/ www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/National-Wildlife/Animals/Archives/2006/Grizzly-Bears-on-Ice.aspx This source no longer exists. Old story. Aklak vs. Nanook: A Tale of Two Bears Like most scientists, the Inuit view Aklak, the grizzly bear, and Nanook, the polar bear, as two very different creatures. Their traditional tales of polar bears almost always portray these animals as powerful, keen-witted and worthy of great esteem. The grizzly, on the other hand, is seen as a more sinister beast, one that is likely to charge unexpectedly in an explosive manner. Some biologists might agree with that assessment, citing evidence that barren ground grizzlies appear to be more aggressive than grizzlies living farther south. One explanation, they say, could be that northern grizzlies evolved in a treeless world where there's no place to hide, so threatening one's opponent may make far more sense than fleeing. Whatever the reason, bear biologist Andrew Derocher says he is "a lot more comfortable capturing a big polar bear on the sea ice than a small grizzly on land. Grizzlies tend to react much more aggressively. It can be very unnerving."
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Post by arctozilla on Mar 20, 2022 11:02:35 GMT -5
Even eskimos respect bears.
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Post by Montezuma on Mar 22, 2022 23:23:34 GMT -5
Even eskimos respect bears. The people of Salvbard and siberians too. "The cult of the bear, their worship too, is widely spread in northeast siberia and north america."
"In symbols the bears are often viewed in mythologies and poets due to the bear's unusal strength, fearlessness, courage, endurability and acute sense of smell and further the cruelity, ferociousness and, the most important, similarity to a man."
"The polar bear could be a god, creator, master of the wild, helper, giver, ancestor, totem, guider, sacred or sacrificed, helper of the shaman, founder of tradtions, double of the man, soul or werewolf etc".
"The impression, given by roaring with ferociousness, was profound and the hunters endowed the bears with supernatural being and strength."
"The Mansi and Yakut people belived that if you are following a polar bear on its tracks then the bear who know that you are chasing him, so the feet should not be put on the tracks. And ritual had to be done if you put your feet on that."
"The Eskimos also had the similar belief."
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Post by Montezuma on Mar 22, 2022 23:44:36 GMT -5
"According to many Siberian and north people, a bear was similar to a man and could hear, see, speak and act as a man."
"Negidalts believe the bear is a man in the hide: if the hude is torn if so it will become a man, only mussing the thumb."
"Khant and the Yessiney people belived that the bear is a man under the bear hide, who possesses godly power and wisdom."
"Soyot people (Nenets) see a close relationship between man and the polar bear."
"According to native Chukotka people, the polar bears have their own households and live in their own separate country. The Chkuchi people called 'Umkiril' as land of the Polar bears."
"A polar polar bear deressed in Nivkhs dress carrying spear and sheild."
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Post by Montezuma on Mar 23, 2022 0:03:12 GMT -5
"Bear country also existed as a part of the world in Nivkhs view. They believed that in the mountains, bears dwell in large numbers in family groups."
"Understanding the life and the afterlife path of the bear, of his way of life and understandinf behaviour, comes of closer even unity of human and bear destinies such as told by Sel'kuqs".
"It was believed that the bear could hear and take revenge from a person. The people of the Kchatka said that, "Don't call the bear with bad words, its not allowed and its a sin." "The grandfather can hear you and you have to pay for it."
"The bear shpuld be called holy beast, prince of animals, grand-father, father, master of the forest and mountains, master or old man in bear hide etc".
"Yugariks from the Koylam River called the bear always indirectly by saying big man, old man or master of the Earth."
"During hunt and butchering the bear, he was called with many names like,
Khant:-old man with bear skin, sacred beast
Mansi:- wise forest beast
Orochi and Ul'chi:- beast
Evenks:- large toothed with claws on hands
Nivkhs:- Mountain man"
"Yakuts called the polar bear as "yuryung ese" which means white old man. They feared and respected the bear calling it "prince of the beasts" by shamans."
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Post by Montezuma on May 28, 2022 21:37:30 GMT -5
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Post by Montezuma on Nov 28, 2022 21:12:53 GMT -5
A Polar bear's artifact from the Canadian arctic's Dorsent culture.
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Post by Gorilla king on Dec 12, 2022 10:21:29 GMT -5
Davis Strait Polar Bears. What Inuit have long known about polar bear.
Abstract
The Nanuk Knowledge and Dialogue Project In Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut, Inuit have deep connections with the Davis Strait polar bear subpopulation. Knowledge exchange, coordination and collaboration between regions is key for the effective stewardship of this shared subpopulation. The Nanuk Knowledge and Dialogue Project aims to develop a shared understanding about the Davis Strait polar bear subpopulation amongst Inuit regions. To strengthen an already robust polar bear co-management system in Canada, this project seeks to mobilize Inuit knowledge through a variety of communication strategies, including by reviewing and synthesizing documented Inuit knowledge.
www.researchgate.net/publication/365965215_Davis_Strait_Polar_Bears_What_Inuit_have_long_known_about_polar_bear
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Post by oldindigosilverback on Jan 18, 2023 6:59:48 GMT -5
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