The Seven Ravens is a tale in which a father curses his sons and turns them into ravens. Their little sister travels to the sun, the moon, the morning star and the Glass Mountain to save them.
Art by Oskar Herrfurth
Art by Oskar Herrfurth
‘Myths and Legends of Ancient Slavs’, Illustrations by N. Bukanova, 2007
Forwarded from Hyperborean Radio (Uncensored) (T.L.K.)
Illustrations from Den ældre Eddas gudesange (The Older Edda's God Songs) by Lorenz Frølich 1895
"Odin Arrives at Geirods House"
"Vidar's Land is Vali"
"The Loki Laufey's son said, "I will go with you as a servant, we two shall drive to Jötunheim""
"Thor's Goat Lamed in one Leg"
"Thor Questions Alvis"
"Menglad and Her Maidens"
"Odin Arrives at Geirods House"
"Vidar's Land is Vali"
"The Loki Laufey's son said, "I will go with you as a servant, we two shall drive to Jötunheim""
"Thor's Goat Lamed in one Leg"
"Thor Questions Alvis"
"Menglad and Her Maidens"
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An alternative Kalevala
The Finnish national epic #Kalevala, compiled by Elias Lönnrot in the 19th century and celebrated on Kalevala Day (February 28), contains decidedly Christian aspects. What if someone wrote another version, drawing on bear cults and shamanism found in Finnish folklore?
Lönnrot only used a purposefully selected fraction of the material in folk poetry archives. Other folklorists could use such material to compile quite different stories that might reflect ancient beliefs more accurately.
Juha Pentikäinen, professor of northern ethnography at the University of Lapland and Institute of Northern Culture in Tornio, northern Finland, aims to compile an alternative Kalevala in the form of a shamanic epic based on an ancient bear cult.
“The Kalevala as we know it today is really Elias Lönnrot’s epic, and it reflects his world view as a devout Christian keen to depict the Finns as a civilised people with monotheistic beliefs, as part of the contemporary nation building process,” says Pentikäinen. Lönnrot himself admitted that he could have used the same sources to compile seven different but equally valid Kalevala versions.
https://finland.fi/arts-culture/alternative-kalevala-in-the-making/
The Finnish national epic #Kalevala, compiled by Elias Lönnrot in the 19th century and celebrated on Kalevala Day (February 28), contains decidedly Christian aspects. What if someone wrote another version, drawing on bear cults and shamanism found in Finnish folklore?
Lönnrot only used a purposefully selected fraction of the material in folk poetry archives. Other folklorists could use such material to compile quite different stories that might reflect ancient beliefs more accurately.
Juha Pentikäinen, professor of northern ethnography at the University of Lapland and Institute of Northern Culture in Tornio, northern Finland, aims to compile an alternative Kalevala in the form of a shamanic epic based on an ancient bear cult.
“The Kalevala as we know it today is really Elias Lönnrot’s epic, and it reflects his world view as a devout Christian keen to depict the Finns as a civilised people with monotheistic beliefs, as part of the contemporary nation building process,” says Pentikäinen. Lönnrot himself admitted that he could have used the same sources to compile seven different but equally valid Kalevala versions.
https://finland.fi/arts-culture/alternative-kalevala-in-the-making/
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Alternative Kalevala in the making - thisisFINLAND
The Finnish national epic Kalevala leans on Christianity – how about another Kalevala based on bear cults and shamanism?