Bearskull pine
Art by @Kimoja
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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4 Comments
OKAT (@okat)
I love the detail on that 3rd image (solo tree). You captured it perfectly.
Hannah (@hannahbk)
Wow, such detail. Nice to see the story and sketches behind it too.
Kimmo Oja (@Kimoja)
Thank you mate! Shame that that tree photo id not very good. Maybe post it later again@okat
Kimmo Oja (@Kimoja)
@hannahbk Thank you very much! Story id very important at this work :)