Tervetuloa Suomi
December 28, 2013 at 4:49 am
(This post was last modified: December 28, 2013 at 5:20 am by KichigaiNeko.)
Of all the countries on the planet Finland seems have found the optimum of education... a four part series
http://youtu.be/70AlyhEGWf4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_mythology
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kveng/
To understand a culture and it's people one must of course delve into just what myths/ legends and socio-political constructs define a particular group of people.
Curious....
http://archive.org/stream/kalevalaepicpo...w_djvu.txt
I know this pic
![[Image: gallen_kallela_lemminkainens_mother.jpg?w=717&h=565]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=theoxfordculturereview.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F12%2Fgallen_kallela_lemminkainens_mother.jpg%3Fw%3D717%26amp%3Bh%3D565)
And this one....
![[Image: 520px-Kalevala.bmp.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=wiki.mythgard.org%2Fupload%2Fthumb%2F1%2F1f%2FKalevala.bmp%2F520px-Kalevala.bmp.png)
This one reminds me of Vassalisa... a Russian tale of a young girl and Babba Yagga (old Crone)
![[Image: Kalevala_page.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.paganchildrensbooks.com%2Fmagic_carpet%2Fpc%2Fcatalog%2FKalevala_page.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilisa_the_Beautiful
Such wonderful stories we tell ourselves...no unliken to the Torah, Bible and Qua'ran.....
And why etymology is important
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga
http://youtu.be/70AlyhEGWf4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_mythology
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kveng/
To understand a culture and it's people one must of course delve into just what myths/ legends and socio-political constructs define a particular group of people.
Curious....
http://archive.org/stream/kalevalaepicpo...w_djvu.txt
I know this pic
![[Image: gallen_kallela_lemminkainens_mother.jpg?w=717&h=565]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=theoxfordculturereview.files.wordpress.com%2F2012%2F12%2Fgallen_kallela_lemminkainens_mother.jpg%3Fw%3D717%26amp%3Bh%3D565)
And this one....
![[Image: 520px-Kalevala.bmp.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=wiki.mythgard.org%2Fupload%2Fthumb%2F1%2F1f%2FKalevala.bmp%2F520px-Kalevala.bmp.png)
This one reminds me of Vassalisa... a Russian tale of a young girl and Babba Yagga (old Crone)
![[Image: Kalevala_page.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.paganchildrensbooks.com%2Fmagic_carpet%2Fpc%2Fcatalog%2FKalevala_page.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilisa_the_Beautiful
Such wonderful stories we tell ourselves...no unliken to the Torah, Bible and Qua'ran.....
And why etymology is important
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Yaga
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