Bears

Moon Bear As The Emotional Human Beast

(December 9, 2024) The Asiatic black bear is also called the "moon bear"  because it has a crescent shaped white patch. As such it represents both crescent moon life goddess Ayu and the celestial light motion/emotion source goddess Selu/Selene. Given its moon context its black color represents the dark new moon god Su.
Consequently, the Moon Bear represents the human beast,  the human in its pure emotional form. Bears have many human characteristics such as being omnivorous, having only 1 or 2 young, and being able to walk on 2 feet. 

Mosaic Bear at House Entrance in Pompeii

(December 9, 2024) Bear wounded by a spear. Text above is "HAVE" which is not Latin. Roman mosaic from the House of the Bear (VII 2, 45) in Pompeii. "HAVE" is actually Druid Akkadian Ḫ.AW.E meaning "Hu makes ineffective the emotion-powers." in which the emotion-powers are represented by the bear.
Image from: https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Pompeii_-_Casa_dell_Orso_Ferito_-_Bear_Mosaic.jpg

Etruscan Orcus Tomb Two Image 4: Spear Holding Hu, Snake Haired Ayu, and Moon Bear Hatted Yahu 490 BCE

(Original photo: Rönnlund, Wikimedia Commons, 2012).

(April 19, 2024, updated December 9, 2024) The next image clockwise around the room shows three deities in a scene. They left to right: 

  1. Connective God Hu as the cloud god, He is shown as a spearman in a rain cloud.
  2. Connective crescent moon goddess Ayu with snakes in her hair as the symbols for life powers, 
  3. Life form manifester Yahu wearing a moon bear hat showing he is affected by motion/emotion powers. 

Translation of Text in Akkadian (Text Med 19.3)

(read right to left. Capital letters on stone. Inner vowels inferred)
  1. Nu  A  A
  2. Mu  EDu  Bu.  IGu  Na  Pu  Ya
  3. Du  U  Ṣu

In English

  1. Life-Form-Revelations are the result of these. (Hu, Ayu, Yahu)
  2. Fertility-fluids are motivated (pushed) by nourishments. The eyes-of-fate (planets, a motion power) do not open the Revealer (Kate/Hekate, a life power).
  3. Life-Manifestations correlate with activity.