Several primitive earth cultures that worship the bear such as the Nivkh and the Ainu, raise bear young as if they were human children for 2-3 years, then have a feast for the cub, then sacrifice it. In nearly every culture, the slaying of a bear was considered sending them back to the land of the gods so they could be reincarnated back into the forest. The bear, in animal worshipping cultures, is almost always chief amongst the gods. The Nivkh, the Haida and many other primitive cultures consider the Bear Mother to be an ancient ancestress.
It is rare that a bear god is given a name for mentioning the bear gods name could summon it away from the god plane. Nonetheless, they had to call it something and some cultures were happy to give it a name.
Names of bear gods in Earth culture:
Oksi (ancient Finnish for bear)
Kamui (Ainu for God)
Artio (Celts, who did more of a druidic shapechange to a bear thing)
Artemis (Greeks, but it’s inferred, not literal, more of a move from hsunchen to barbarian)
And of course, there’s Saint Ursula, the Christianized version of the pagan god. Think Lunar.
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