A beautiful story of connecting to ones cultural roots. May we all be so blessed as the woman in this story!

“The only physician of the people for a thousand years was the Witch. The emperors, kings, popes, and richer barons had indeed their doctors of Salerno, their Moors and Jews; but the bulk of people in every state, the world as it might well be called, consulted none but the Saga, or wise-woman. When she could not cure them, she was insulted, was called a Witch. But generally, from a respect not unmixed with fear, she was called good lady or fair lady (belle dame—bella donna, the very name we give to the fairies.”

Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages, by Jules Michelet, 1863

Today is The Kalevala Day, known also as the Finnish Culture Day. It is celebrated each February 28 in honor of the Finnish national epic, The #Kalevala. The day is one of the official Flag days in Finland.

To mark the occasion we would like to share this free electronic edition of the Kalevala in English.


Note to the reader: Crawford makes some erroneous remarks in the preface regarding the appearance of the Finns.

The Boudica Song | Cut-Throat Celts | Horrible Histories
https://youtu.be/eHMRLoJZ5JA

A bit of humor for Friday!