one of many War Bear Leaders.
Leader of a Small southern Tribe.
His clan only Practices Battle, with little interest in the Spiritual Side of his people.
All he and is tribe cares about is Food and Fighting.
Longest Reigning leader of his tribe.
I'm not sure what to call them yet, so i call them War Bears...
© Darren C. Ball, 2009
Category Artwork (Digital) / General Furry Art
Species Bear (Other)
Size 1000 x 666px
File Size 132 kB
In Proto-Indo-European, there's a reconstructed word for "bear" that looked something like "hrktos". This word later became "arktos" in Classical Greek and "ursus" in Latin, for examples. Also, it became "hartaggas" (and I think "hartakas") in Hittite. which always sounded cool to me. "Hartaggas" moreso.
More interestingly, "hrktos" is related to "Rakshasa", a type of demon in Vedic lore. And, if I remember correctly, "Rakshasa" is derived from "rakṣah" or "rakṣas" which means "harm" and "injury".
Sorry, I didn't mean to geek up your journal here. Just throwing info at ya I rarely get to talk about, I guess. :p
More interestingly, "hrktos" is related to "Rakshasa", a type of demon in Vedic lore. And, if I remember correctly, "Rakshasa" is derived from "rakṣah" or "rakṣas" which means "harm" and "injury".
Sorry, I didn't mean to geek up your journal here. Just throwing info at ya I rarely get to talk about, I guess. :p
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