>>1749222Also after every succesful bear hunt a feast was held where the bear itself was the honorary guest, it involved lot of eating, drinking and fucking. After the feast the bleached skull of a bear was lifted to the top of highest pine tree so that the spirit of bear could be reborn without no hassle.
We have around ten different names to call common brown bear, because calling it with it's true name, oksi, would summon it to the hunter when he least expected it.
The most common name for bear in finnish is "Karhu" which more or less is a primitive finnish word for describing the fur of a bear.
