Bear sacrifice

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ritual
gptkbp:associatedWith Bear worship
gptkbp:declinedAfter Modernization
cultural assimilation
Legal restrictions
gptkbp:documentedIn gptkb:Ethnographers
Missionaries
Anthropologists
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Prehistoric times
Early modern period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bear sacrifice
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Iomante
gptkbp:practicedIn gptkb:Finnic_peoples
gptkb:Nivkh_people
gptkb:Saami_people
Ainu people
Various Siberian peoples
gptkbp:purpose Appease bear spirit
Ensure good hunting
Honor the bear
gptkbp:region gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Northern_Eurasia
gptkb:Siberia
gptkb:Scandinavia
gptkbp:relatedTo mythology
Animism
Totemism
gptkbp:rituals Feasting
Offerings to spirits
Ceremonial killing of bear
Songs and dances
Use of bear parts in ritual
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bear_cult
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7