English

Noun

bear walker ‎(plural bear walkers)

1. (Native American, folklore) An evil sorcerer, specifically one who walks by night in the form of a bear.
   • 1901, The Wisconsin Archeologist, Charles Edward Brown, page 116

     The hair ornament was worn by the Bear-Walker before and during the casting of spells.

   • 1953, Inland Seas, Great Lakes Historical Society, page 13

     He told Jim he saw a Bear-walker approaching the house then and there.

   • 1983, Christopher Vecsey, Traditional Ojibwa Religion and its Historical Changes, ISBN 0871691523, page 148:

     These bear-walkers owed their powers to their personal manito, the bear, and traveled in disguise at night, causing disease among their victims.

Synonyms

• werebear (fantasy)

Related terms

• bear walk

Alternative forms

• Bear Walker
• bear-walker
• bearwalk used in the comedy "Escanaba in da Moonlight" Escanaba in da Moonlight

Anagrams

• lawbreaker