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: Hu With Deities of Fate (Kate/Hekate and Su) 490 BCE

(November 12, 2023, updated December 20, 2024)

The next image clockwise around the room shows three deities in a cloud. They are right to left: dark new moon god Su with a bear cap, underworld goddess of fate Kate/Hekate with snakes in her hair (symbols of life and death), and the life manifestation/emanation god Hu. (Original photo: Rönnlund, Wikimedia Commons, 2012).

Translation 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. Revelations (of fate) are are result of them (Kate/Hekate and Su).
  2. Fertility-fluids are moved by nourishing the eyes-of-fate (planets). The Revelations (of fate) are not being opened.
  3. Life-power-manifestations are because of activity (motion powers)