Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Rock Art of Alta' has mentioned 'Bear' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| The wide variety of imagery shows a culture of hunter-gatherers that was able to control herds of reindeer, was adept at boat building and fishing and practiced shamanistic rituals involving bear worship and other venerated animals. | WIKI |
| See also: Bear worship | WIKI |
| Bears seem to have played a special role in the carvers' culture: they feature prominently in many carvings and frequently appear not only as animals to be hunted but are also often depicted in positions that seem to indicate that bears were worshipped in some form of cult (which seems very plausible since bear cults are known in many old cultures of northwestern Russia as well as in Sami culture). | WIKI |
| [3] Of special interest are the tracks coming out of bear dens: they are often shown with tracks leading vertically through the carved image and crossing the horizontal tracks of other animals. | WIKI |