Bear

BEAR

Berserkers (Norse) wore a pelt of bear

bear – serkir (shirts, coats)

“GODS AND GODDESSES, ARCHETYPES IN THE MANIFEST”

Norse Berserkers wore a pelt of bear skin. The word “ber-serk” means “bear-shirt” or bear-coat people.

In my own practice of calling in the directions, Bear is associated with the West. This direction represents and reminds us of Transformation. Much as Bear goes to sleep for the winter – hibernates and then emerges again in Spring – so we, too, hibernate and reawaken. Our creative energies, our zest for life, our “outward” energies can go through such a transformation – healing and nourishing, quiet and solitary at times.

Cherokee tales include the story of Bear Tribe as a race of Huans who returned to the Wild – becoming Bears in the process. [need sources!]

-suit of bark