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List of bear villains in media, and this isn't even scratching the surfaceđź’€ (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] GlueBear@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 6 months ago

This terminology for the animal originated as a taboo avoidance term: proto-Germanic tribes replaced their original word for bear—arkto—with this euphemistic expression out of fear that speaking the animal’s true name might cause it to appear

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