In the Finnish mythology killing of a bear was followed by a great feast in honour of the bear (peijaiset), where a substantial part of the celebrations consisted of convincing the bear's spirit that it had died accidentally and hadn't been murdered. Afterwards, the bear's skull was hung high upon a pine tree so its spirit could re-enter the heavens. The bones of the bear were then buried under the pine. Reference for this work is my old drawing of karhunkallopetäjä/bearskullpine in the Riisitunturi. Also practice sketch of bear skull and at last photo i took of pine.
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2 Comments
Arthur Koestler (@arthurkoestler)
This is incredible. Love the movement in the drawing...
Kimmo Oja (@Kimoja)
Thank you so much Arthur! Nice to hear it I try to catch some fluid feelin on it. @arthurkoestler