the connection by asserting Arthur's name as based on the root arth- meaning "bear" in Welsh has been refuted. Therefore, a more elaborate explanation has been advanced, which postulates Arthur's prototype to be the mythological Arcturus "guardian of the bear" of constellation lore. Odysseus in the cave of Polyphemus has also been related to the theme. Psychoanalytic interpretations For psychoanalysis, the bear-parents represent the parents seen in their animal (sexual) guise – the bear as the dark, bestial aspect of the parental archetype. Their offspring, represented by Tolkien in Sellic Spell as "a surly, lumpish boy...slow to learn the speech of the land", is the undersocialised child. And in the underground struggle, Géza Róheim argued, we find a representation of the primal scene, as encapsulated in the infantile unconscious. See also Notes References Citations References , and II. Sigfrid (Review) Further reading Barakat, Robert A. "The Bear's Son Tale in Northern Mexico." I: The Journal of American Folklore 78, no. 310 (1965): 330-36. doi:10.2307/538440. Rhys Carpenter, Folk Tale, Fiction and Saga in Homeric Epics (Cambridge 1946) Ting, Nai-tung. "AT Type 301 in China and Some Countries Adjacent to China: A Study of a Regional Group and its Significance in World Tradition". In: Fabula 11, Jahresband (1970): 54-125, doi: https://doi.org/10.1515/fabl.1970.11.1.54 European folklore North American folklore ATU 300-399 ATU 650-699