Bear worship

Bear worship is the religious practice of the worshipping of bears found in many North Eurasian ethnic religions such as among the Sami, Nivkh, Ainu,^[1] Basques^{[citation needed]}, Germanic peoples, Slavs and Finns.^[2] There are also a number of deities from Celtic Gaul and Britain associated with the bear, and the Dacians, Thracians, and Getians were noted to worship bears and annually celebrate the bear dance festival.^{[citation needed]} The bear is featured on many totems throughout northern cultures that carve them.^[3]