Bear
animal · 7 works · 8 mentions · 8 anchored passages
bear · bears · Abū Rabāḥ · dubb · shaggy bear · the bear · the placid mouths of bears · wild animals · ابو رباح · الدب
spoken of as
3 expressionsBears3 mentions
On Anger (Latin) · Cyropaedia (Greek) · Adversus Marcionem (Latin)
Look at the elephants' necks bowed to the yoke, the bulls' backs trodden with impunity by boys and women alike as they leap about, the serpents gliding with harmless slither among the cups and in the bosom, the placid mouths of bears and lions within the house, and the wild beasts fawning on those who handle them;
the bear1 mention
Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ (Arabic)
the elephant's kunyah is Abū Ḥajjāj, the lion's Abū al-Ḥārith, the wolf's Abū Jaʻdah, the bear's Abū Rabāḥ, the pig's Abū Qādim — and it is said Abū ʻUqbah — the fox's Abū al-Ḥuṣayn, the dog's Abū Khālid and, with some of them, Abū Nāṣiḥ.
the bears1 mention
Adversus Marcionem (Latin)
But the Creator sent bears upon the boys, avenging Elisha the prophet, who had suffered insults from them.
in the texts
Cyropaedia
Animal hunted in Gobryas’s account of his son’s fatal rivalry.
And my boy went hunting with him as his friend, and when a bear came out, they both gave chase and the present ruler let fly his javelin but missed.
Cyrus, therefore, eagerly inquired of those who attended him what animals one ought not to approach and what animals one might pursue without fear.
Stromata
Unclean, savage beast used as a figure for the Gentile who is tamed and purified through the Word.
but the Gentile is shown forth by the bear, an unclean and savage beast;
Hymn 7 to Dionysus
A shaggy bear created by Dionysus as part of his shipboard wonders.
amidships also he showed his wonders and created a shaggy bear which stood up ravening, while on the forepeak was the lion glaring fiercely with scowling brows.
Ansāb al-ʻArab al-qudamāʼ
The animal behind the tribal name Banū Dubb, bearing the kunyah Abū Rabāḥ among the Arabs.
the elephant's kunyah is Abū Ḥajjāj, the lion's Abū al-Ḥārith, the wolf's Abū Jaʻdah, the bear's Abū Rabāḥ, the pig's Abū Qādim — and it is said Abū ʻUqbah — the fox's Abū al-Ḥuṣayn, the dog's Abū Khālid and, with some of them, Abū Nāṣiḥ.
On Anger
Wild animals cited as an example of a naturally fierce creature made placid through kindness.
Look at the elephants' necks bowed to the yoke, the bulls' backs trodden with impunity by boys and women alike as they leap about, the serpents gliding with harmless slither among the cups and in the bosom, the placid mouths of bears and lions within the house, and the wild beasts fawning on those who handle them;
Adversus Marcionem
Bears sent by the Creator to avenge the prophet Elisha upon the mocking boys.
But the Creator sent bears upon the boys, avenging Elisha the prophet, who had suffered insults from them.