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Motif · motif_bear

Bear

A large mammal drawn standing, roaring, or as a head. The cited source states in its own words that "A bear tattoo is never just a bear tattoo." - recorded here because it is a tattoo-domain source asserting motif plurality directly.
Thin
Medium confidenceresearched

2 attested · 4 promoted1 source · T2

What the research says

motifs_seed
Category
animal
Variants
standing bear; bear head; mother bear with cubs
Common styles
realism; neo traditional; blackwork
Common themes
nature

Provenance

1 resolved

Related concepts

6 links

Frequently used in · 3

  • → outgoingRealismStyleAttested
    strength 0.50promoted · not an independent attestationresearched

    Promoted from motifs_seed.common_styles of motif_bear ('realism'). No new fact: this edge restates a value already present in the corpus. STRENGTH 0.5 set by the T11.11c rule: this pairing is asserted by ONE parent row's association column and by no second row; the pack's scale reads 0.5 as 'context-dependent'. Inputs are corpus counts only - no source count, tier or confidence is used.

  • → outgoingNeo TraditionalStyleThin
    strength 0.50promoted · not an independent attestationresearched

    Promoted from motifs_seed.common_styles of motif_bear ('neo traditional'). No new fact: this edge restates a value already present in the corpus. STRENGTH 0.5 set by the T11.11c rule: this pairing is asserted by ONE parent row's association column and by no second row; the pack's scale reads 0.5 as 'context-dependent'. Inputs are corpus counts only - no source count, tier or confidence is used.

  • → outgoingBlackworkStyleThin
    strength 0.50promoted · not an independent attestationresearched

    Promoted from motifs_seed.common_styles of motif_bear ('blackwork'). No new fact: this edge restates a value already present in the corpus. STRENGTH 0.5 set by the T11.11c rule: this pairing is asserted by ONE parent row's association column and by no second row; the pack's scale reads 0.5 as 'context-dependent'. Inputs are corpus counts only - no source count, tier or confidence is used.

Can symbolize · 2

  • → outgoingStrengthSymbolAttested
    strength 0.75researched

    The source: "At its most basic level, a bear represents strength."

  • → outgoingProtectionSymbolAttested
    strength 0.75researched

    The source treats protection as the most commonly cited reason for the design and grounds it in the protective mother bear; strength and protection are therefore two edges, not one.

Associated with · 1

  • → outgoingNatureThemeThin
    strength 0.50promoted · not an independent attestationresearched

    Promoted from motifs_seed.common_themes of motif_bear ('nature'). No new fact: this edge restates a value already present in the corpus. STRENGTH 0.5 set by the T11.11c rule: this pairing is asserted by ONE parent row's association column and by no second row; the pack's scale reads 0.5 as 'context-dependent'. Inputs are corpus counts only - no source count, tier or confidence is used.