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Post by BruteStrength on Nov 22, 2018 7:03:42 GMT -5
A bear to me represent power and supreme dominance. The bear is a symbol for strength, courage and tenacity. The bear also represent a gentle friendship and a docile follower in camouflage but its love for honey adds up an amusing element in the symbol of power and dignity. Being a unique animal and off wide rage, bear symbol is extremely popular in legends of many cultures around the world including those of Asian myths, North American and European. The animal is an omnivorous creature like human beings because it eats roots, nuts, honey, berries, bird’s eggs and grasses. The bear hunts for fish and both small and large game. The bear occupies the same ecological niche with man and competed for shelter in caves making the bear similar with the early man. The similarity also comes because the bears tend to stand on their hind legs like man when aggressive or when threatened. The early man started identifying with the bear for several reasons because from the early times when men were hunters and gatherers, they respected and feared the bear and at times even worshiped it because despite being a predator, it had power, strength and was furious. In many indigenous stories, the animal was seen as a transformed human that was a close intimate of humans. The Shamans and animist believe that bear is a powerful totem or spirit and when seen in people’s dreams, the animals are seen to be the guides from the spirits. People tend to emulate the virtue of the female bear because it is admirable seeing her protect her cub and their claws and teeth are used as amulets, decorations and talismans so as to stir up the powers of the bear. Bear symbols and tattoos also tend to serve similar functions. In addition to this, bear is a symbol of wisdom for the Lakota Sioux, spirit keeper for the Chippewa and introspection and strength. The bear has been associated with ferocity, diplomacy and healing powers. The Haida associate bear to an elder kinsman and when killed it is believed to be a high ranking guest. Many believe that as a wise creature, it gains wisdom through its winter incubation and it bears a symbol of maternal protection. It is still seen as a great warrior and the male is associated with King Arthur, it symbolizes great power under control, with claws significantly displayed on crests or on shields. animal-symbols.com/bear-symbol.html
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Post by BruteStrength on Nov 22, 2018 7:05:19 GMT -5
Post what a bear represent to you down below.
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Post by King Kodiak on Nov 22, 2018 8:00:51 GMT -5
Power respect courage noble
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Post by BruteStrength on Nov 22, 2018 8:45:30 GMT -5
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Post by King Kodiak on Dec 17, 2018 7:04:14 GMT -5
A creature apart, intermediary between the world of the animals and the world of the gods.
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Post by brobear on Dec 17, 2018 7:36:10 GMT -5
When I think bear, I picture two very similar animals both closely related, the grizzly ( brown bear ) and the cave bear. The Blackfoot Indians called the black bear "bear" and the grizzly "real bear". A notable paleontologists claimed the cave bear as being "the most bearish of bears." Now we know that cave bear dna exists in modern brown bears. The grizzly ( brown bear ) is a beast apart from all others. He often seems human in the way he sits, stands, and relaxes. His intelligence is up among the smartest of animals; probably on an even keel with elephants and the great apes. He may be the only non-human animal capable of enjoying a the beauty of natural scenery. Some animal trainers and biologists believe that no other mammal of similar size is as strong as a bear, and no other bear pound-for-pound as strong as a grizzly. He is a master of survival who has conquered nearly every type of habitat including tropical, taiga, deserts, swamps, high mountains, arctic tundra, and the high arctic. Brains and Brawn - the total package.
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Post by brobear on Dec 17, 2018 15:52:12 GMT -5
History tells us that there were numerous Indian tribes in the West. Some viewed the grizzly as a god. Others viewed him as a devil. Some saw him as an ancestor while others believed that they might become a grizzly after death. No American Indian tribe considered the grizzly as simply an animal.
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Post by BruteStrength on Dec 17, 2018 22:52:06 GMT -5
When I think bear, I picture two very similar animals both closely related, the grizzly ( brown bear ) and the cave bear. The Blackfoot Indians called the black bear "bear" and the grizzly "real bear". A notable paleontologists claimed the cave bear as being "the most bearish of bears." Now we know that cave bear dna exists in modern brown bears. The grizzly ( brown bear ) is a beast apart from all others. He often seems human in the way he sits, stands, and relaxes. His intelligence is up among the smartest of animals; probably on an even keel with elephants and the great apes. He may be the only non-human animal capable of enjoying a the beauty of natural scenery. Some animal trainers and biologists believe that no other mammal of similar size is as strong as a bear, and no other bear pound-for-pound as strong as a grizzly. He is a master of survival who has conquered nearly every type of habitat including tropical, taiga, deserts, swamps, high mountains, arctic tundra, and the high arctic. Brains and Brawn - the total package. Very great post Brobear. A bear have damn near everything. Agree bears have brains and brawn as you mentioned. Bears even have speed. I read online that some bears can even run up to 35 mph. So that's still fast.
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Post by BruteStrength on Dec 17, 2018 22:53:09 GMT -5
2 animals native americans really respected alot were bears and wolves.
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Post by brobear on Dec 18, 2018 5:16:14 GMT -5
2 animals native americans really respected alot were bears and wolves. American Indians learned over time to have a deep respect for all that nature has. As for bear-speed, a grizzly is surprisingly fast for so ponderous an animal considering his limbs are not "runner's limbs". Compare the bear's limbs and feet with those of a wolf or big cat.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2019 7:14:11 GMT -5
Power, strength, high level of spiritual authority.
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Post by brobear on Jan 2, 2019 10:41:11 GMT -5
My new book: Call of the Great Spirit - The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear. Bobby Lake-Thom - author of Native Healer. Bobby Lake-Thom - Traditional Native Healer and Spiritual Teacher. Copyright 2001.
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Post by King Kodiak on Jan 2, 2019 16:39:23 GMT -5
Power Respect Noble animal Fighter Kleptoparasite Scavenger The best animal by far.
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Post by brobear on Jan 4, 2019 5:09:36 GMT -5
Just rid this topic of some spam.
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Post by tom on Jan 4, 2019 12:49:38 GMT -5
Post what a bear represent to you down below. Bears represent and epitomize all things wild and truly represent the state of our current Wilderness. As you can see from Brobears distribution map on the distribution thread, all of the big three are declining in their natural habitat.To me that means humans are having a big impact on the state of the last great wilderness's across the globe. We mustn't forget about the Polar Bear as well and what his happening to his natural habitat.
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Post by brobear on Jan 9, 2019 6:12:30 GMT -5
No place on earth ( all in the northern hemisphere ) before the industrial age were brown bears ever viewed as mere animals. Some people saw them as a force of good and others as a force of evil. But no one saw them as mere animals. From my new book: Call of the Great Spirit - The Shamanic Life and Teachings of Medicine Grizzly Bear - by Bobby Lake-Thom. I was getting real weak but kept taking the last of the drugs and large gulps of whisky. Things were getting blurry all around me and starting to swirl. All I could see was the vague formation of an old man coming closer and I kept cussing him out, hoping to drive him off. Just before I lost consciousness I saw him up close. He was the same old grandfather spirit I had seen when I drowned in a river near the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina when I was about nine years old. And he was the same grandfather spirit I had seen when I was mashed between a telephone pole and a car, killed in a teenage accident when I was sixteen and living in Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. Was he here now for the last time? Note: to be continued...
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Post by brobear on Jan 9, 2019 6:44:40 GMT -5
I woke up with an extremely bright light shining in my face and eyes and thought I was in the spirit world, but the brilliant light was suddenly interrupted and intermittenly blocked by the shadow of an animal. It had a large furry head, big yellow eyes, and very foul breath. A damn Coyote was standing on my chest licking my face! I jumped up in shock, scared half to death, and fell to my knees face-to-face with the wild animal. We both stood there shaking, two feet from each other, staring each other in the eyes. I could feel a calmness come over me, as if a force or warm energy were moving directly from the Coyote into my own body, and a new source of strange-feeling strength. Then he flashed his teeth in a threatening manner, tilted his head, and yelled out a series of four cries to the Universe. It scared me so badly that I fell on my back. By the time I could get back up and start to run, he had already left; I could see his tail and hind legs heading downhill through the tall grass and brush.
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Post by brobear on Jan 9, 2019 7:45:14 GMT -5
At this point I noticed I had vomit all over me, in my hair, on my neck, chest, crotch, even on my arms and down my legs. But worse yet, I also had Crap all over the back of my pants, all the way down my legs, and into my boots. Damn, it stunk worse than city smog or the Coyote's breath. I was still kind of weak and dazzled, trying to gather my composure and get a sense of where I was, what was going on, and what to do next. Then I felt the swooping noise, whoosh-whoosh, of a large bird passing over my head from behind. A huge raven flew over me and landed in a nearby tree, and he started squawking and clicking his beak as if laughing at me. He was so funny that I started laughing. We both kept laughing while I tried to peel the nasty, spoiled clothes off my body and started looking around for a stream to wash up in. Then it suddenly dawned on me, at daybreak, that I wasn't dead; or was I, and was this the spirit world?
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Post by brobear on Jan 9, 2019 8:46:07 GMT -5
I don't know how long I stood there naked thinking and trying to figure out if I had died and gone to the spirit world, or if I was alive by some miracle, and still in the physical world. The raven was real, so I figured the Coyote also had to be real, just as real as the Rattlesnakes and Owls the night before. But what about the old Indian ghost? Was that real, too? It had to be and I was sure he must have had something to do with all this, but what? I also began to notice that I wasn't in much pain and for the first time in months I could actually move about without feeling cemented in my joints and spine. I smelled water down below the grove of trees and headed toward a ravine in search of a creek. It wasn't very big, but wide enough and deep enough for me to bathe and wash the clothes and boots. The purity, strength, coolness, and movement of the water felt so wonderful that I started crying again, and kept thanking it over and over for its natural gift and cleansing. After a considerable time of soaking and getting chilled, and after washing out the clothes, I started back up the hill toward the rock outcrop where my medicine bag and power objects were still lying.
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Post by brobear on Jan 9, 2019 10:26:18 GMT -5
Just then I heard the scream of an Eagle and looked up toward the sky. As it circled lower I could tell it was really a Golden Eagle and not a Buzzard ( which would have seemed more appropriate under the circumstances ), and as it came down lower it dropped a feather for me. In my head I could hear it talking like an old man: "Remember the dreams we shared with you last night. Take this feather and head north to the mountains, way up in the mountains, above a big river, and there you will find a medicine man to help you, near your ancestral grounds and on a reservation."
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