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Motifs — first 20 of 425
- Creator clothed in bear-skin (or in leaves). A18.4
- God with red beard. A125.2
- Bear-god (goddess). A132.5
- God with long white beard and white moustache. A137.18
- Bearers of God's throne. A152.7
- Bears as God's messengers. A165.2.1.1.4
- Cupbearer of the gods. A165.3
- Cupbearer of the gods is god of smith-work. A165.3.1
- Cupbearer of the gods controls waters. A165.3.2
- Chariot from heaven takes couple to live with sages in the Great Bear. A761.2
- Origin of the Great Bear (Ursa Major). A771
- Two stars from Great Bear constellation transferred to Pleiades. A773.7
- One bear-child escapes death, is ancestor of all bears. A1006.8
- Primeval human pair allowed to bear all children they wish. A1277.2
- Origin of hair and beard. A1315
- Origin of beard. A1315.3
- Origin of custom of wearing a beard. A1597
- First men without beards: Cain, Abel. A1597.1
- Hair and beard of various peoples. A1661
- How the white man got his beard. A1661.1
Episodes
- Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes · Tale 102 102.— THE WILLOW-WEEN AND THE BEAR.
- Myths of the Cherokee · Quadruped Myths — Myth 23 23. THE RABBIT DINES THE BEAR
- Myths of the Cherokee · Bird Myths — Myth 37 37. HOW THE TURKEY GOT HIS BEARD
- Myths of the Cherokee · Wonder Stories — Myth 75 75. ORIGIN OF THE BEAR: THE BEAR SONGS
- Myths of the Cherokee · Wonder Stories — Myth 76 76. THE BEAR MAN
- Myths of the Cherokee · Miscellaneous Myths and Legends — Myth 117 117. THE MOTHER BEAR'S SONG
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 58 LVIII. BEAR-WOMAN AND DEER-WOMAN 7%
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 64 LXIV. THE BEAR-WOMAN 4
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 79 LXXIX. JOHN THE BEAR’®
Tale types
- ATU 103C* An Old Donkey Meets the Bear (previously Old Ass Turned out by Master Meets Bear or Lion)
- ATU 1138 Gilding the Beard
- ATU 116 The Bear on the Hay-Wagon
- ATU 1161 The Bear Trainer and his Bear
- ATU 117 The Bear Riding the Horse lets his claws sink into the horse's flanks
- ATU 1225 The Man Without a Head (previously The Man Without a Head in the Bear's Den)
- ATU 1225A The Man Without a Head (previously The Man Without a Head in the Bear's Den)
- ATU 1312 The Bear Taken for a Dog
- ATU 1351G* Bearing his Cross
- ATU 1394 Polygynist Man Loses his Beard