Hello, wikipedia claims that scythian art did depict bears among other various anymals, the most prevalent being the stag. Could anyone point me to actual findings of bear related art? I've googled it with no sucess, perhaps I'd be more sucessful searching a dedicated source. Bears tend to live in higher mountains, so I am a bit skeptical of whether the nomadic tribes would even come across this animal. Thanks.
Here you go:
https://i.imgur.com/UX29kYO.jpg
The next pictures are hard to identify and tell whether the depicted animal is bear, wolf or feline due the heavy stylisation, anyway the art is of Scythian or Sarmatian origin:
https://i.imgur.com/3QdVuOg.png
https://i.imgur.com/hEpoZ6G.jpg
The main animal of the Scythian art are deer, feline and eagle. Other animals are present, but their depictions are less frequent.
Last pictures are of foreign origin, but still somehow connected to the Scythian culture.
Detail of the mirror made by Greeks from Scythian barrow Kelermes, clarly depicting Scythian motives:
https://i.imgur.com/JGQpSmY.png
This is the plaque depicting bear, referred as Permian animal style, crafted by Finno-Ugric people from Siberia. They lived wooded areas, so bears are abundant in their art. They had shamanic worldview and interected with Scythians.
