 In 1925-1927 made field observations of bear worship among the Altai, Tubalar (Tuba-Kiji), Telengit, and Shortsi of the Kuznetskaja Taiga as well as among the Sagai tribes in the regions of Minussinsk, near the Kuznetskaja Taiga (1927).In Finnish pagan culture, the bear was considered a taboo animal and the word for "bear" ("oksi") was a taboo word.Euphemisms such as "mesikämmen" "honey-hand" were used instead.