The bear is seen as the embodiment of rebirth, wisdom and fertility since it spends the winter “denned up” in a protected space and emerges in the spring with its cubs. In North American mythology the grizzly bear was believed to have once walked on two legs and killed its prey with a club. To this day, the startling appearance of a standing grizzly evokes ancient beliefs of the close identity between man and bear.
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