Was outside predawn this morning and heard the Killdeer announcing theirv2020 arrival into the valley! It must be spring!
Forwarded from Wäinölä 🇫🇮 (Wäinämöinen • Eternal Sage)
"Pagan beliefs, traditions, and myths survived for a long time side by side with official Lutheranism in Eastern Finland and Karelia, at least until the first part of the 20th century."
— Juha Pentikäinen in Suomalaisen lähtö: Kirjoituksia pohjoisesta kuolemankulttuurista. SKS, 1990.
(title in English: The departure of the Finn: Writings on the northern culture of death)
— Juha Pentikäinen in Suomalaisen lähtö: Kirjoituksia pohjoisesta kuolemankulttuurista. SKS, 1990.
(title in English: The departure of the Finn: Writings on the northern culture of death)
Forwarded from Wäinölä 🇫🇮 (Wäinämöinen • Eternal Sage)
According to Olaus Magnus, the Finns controlled the forces of nature using their magical powers.
Illustration from Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (1555) shows wind being sold to a merchant.
Illustration from Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus (1555) shows wind being sold to a merchant.