Brown bear
A large, slow-moving predator of forests — quiet, self-sufficient power that is not interested in you.
A brown bear in a dream is the dream's image of quiet, self-sufficient power that does not require your attention. The bear does most things for itself; it eats, it sleeps, it ignores most creatures that cross its path. The dream brings the bear when something in your life — a person, a part of yourself — is operating with full strength without needing to advertise it. A bear at distance, going about its business, is the dream affirming the steadiness of that strength. A bear provoked into close attention is the dream noting that the same power, when its territory is intruded on, is something you do not want directed at you.