Nanook of the North was named for one of these creatures which determines the success of Inuit hunts. In Korean myth, one of these animals was told to eat only garlic and mugwort in a cave for one hundred days, after which she became a human. The Ainu people of Hokkaido hold these creatures sacred. In Greek myth, Arcas is turned into one of these creatures after his mom re
Nanook of the North was named for one of these creatures which determines the success of Inuit hunts. In Korean myth, one of these animals was told to eat only garlic and mugwort in a cave for one hundred days, after which she became a human. The Ainu people of Hokkaido hold these creatures sacred. In Greek myth, Arcas is turned into one of these creatures after his mom reneges on her virginity oath with Zeus. That mom, who gets put into the sky as this animal, is Callisto. For 10 points, name this type of animal which often symbolizes Russia, and whose tail is tipped off by the North Star in the constellation Ursa Minor.
Nanook of the North was named for one of these creatures which determines the success of Inuit hunts.
bears [accept polar bears during the first sentence, but NOT thereafter] 