What does a bear symbolize? For the last 10 years I have been dreaming of bears. Almost on a weakly basis. Till this day I still Do not understand it. What is the archetypal bear? Usually grizzly bears appear near the end of a dream, I am scarred of them, they either attack me and I wake up or i simply wake up after they appear (out of fear). I am not scarred of bear in real life, I see them in the same category as lions and tigers etc. Sometimes they take different forms. Few years ago I dreamed i broke a glass bear statue, then mama bear came and murdered my family while I hid. I usually have very lucid and vivid dreams. Ik they represent predators, but if it was that simple this motif wouldn't be reoccurring.