Timeline for What was the role of the bear in Norse mythology? (Are there bears in Asgard?)
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| Jan 5, 2017 at 10:53 | comment | added | yannis | The bear man is probably depicting a berserker. If memory serves berserker literally means bear cape. | |
| Jan 4, 2017 at 22:03 | comment | added | LocalFluff | The elk (or moose) is also absent, isn't it? As opposed to reindeers which were nomadically domesticated (by the sami people in the far north and by not vikings AFAIK). I wonder if it has to do with elks and bears being undomesticated large mammal as the reason for why they aren't present in connection with the norse gods. And if it says something about the function of animals in their mythology. Those are the two largest animals in Scandinavia and they get alot of attention still today. | |
| Jan 4, 2017 at 21:21 | history | answered | andejons | CC BY-SA 3.0 |