Finnish mythology - Finnish mythology Finnish mythology survived as oral tradition well into the 18th century. Based on animistic beliefs, the Finnish uphold one of the very few primitive religious traditions in Western Europe, albeit in a secularized form. The rites of the hunt (Peijainen), harvest and sowing etc. may well be held as social events, but the spiritual undercurrent is not totally absent. Although the gradual influence of surrounding cultures raised the significance of the skygod in a monolatristic manner, he was originally just a naturespirit like all the others. The one whose name was never uttered by the Finns was the spirit whose carnal form is known in English as bear. While active and committed belief in the ancient gods of Finland is limited to minor and.
Inuit mythology - Inuit mythology Inuit mythology has many similarities to the religions of other polar regions, such as Northern Russian mythology, Siberian mythology, Finnish mythology and Norse mythology. Inuit mythology is unlike the common conception of what the term "mythology" refers to. Unlike Greek mythology, for example, people have believed in it, without interruption, up to and including the present time. While there are few believers left when compared to Christianity, for example, many Inuit do still hold to their ancestral religious beliefs; there are also neopagans who have integrated some or all of the Inuit beliefs into their own belief structures. Many Inuit have merged those beliefs to a greater or lesser degree with Christianity or other religions, and may hold varying degrees of literal belief in what.
Kianto - Kianto In Maya mythology, Kianto was the god of foreign aliens, and the disease they brought with them. Kianto is also a name of Finnish poet Ilmari Kianto.
Kullervo - Kullervos Curse by Akseli Gallen-Kallela In the Finnish Kalevala Kullervo was the ill-fated son of Kalervo. He is the only unredeemably tragic character in Finnish mythology. His father died in a clash with his own brother Untamo, who sells Kullervo as a slave to Ilmarinen. Later Kullervo flees and finds that his family is still alive except for his sister who has disappeared. Kullervo's father sends him to pay the taxes and on the way back he seduces his sister without realising who she is. Out of shame the sister commits suicide. Seeking revenge Kullervo kills Untamo and his family, only to find his own family dead when he returns home. In the end Kullervo also commits suicide. Kullervo proved inept and ignorant; having not had a father to pass on.
Ilmarinen - Ilmarinen Seppo Ilmarinen is an archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology. He is described as working the known metals of the time, brass, copper, iron, gold and silver among others. Besides the Sampo and the sky, he notably crafted a golden robot wife to satisfy his sexual and other domestic needs since his nerdy traits failed to attract wives of the carnal kind..
Ukko - Ukko Ukko is an ancient Finnish sky-god, from whose name is derived "ukkonen", thunder. In the Kalevala he is also called Ukko Yli-Jumala (Ukko High-god). "Ukko" in contemporary Finnish means "old man". See also: Finnish mythology.
Greek euro coins - coins. Greek euro coins feature a unique design for every one of the eight coins. They were all designed by Georgios Stamatopoulos with the minor coins depicting Greek ships, the middle ones famous Greeks and the two large denominations examples of Greek history and mythology. All designs feature the 12 stars of the EU and the year of imprint. Unique to the national side of Greek coins is that the value of the coin is expressed in the Greek alphabet. Also, the euro cent is called the lepton (λεπτο) in Greek, unlike other languages which borrowed the word cent. Depiction of Greek euro coinage Obverse side € 0.01 € 0.02 € 0.05 An Athenian trireme of the 5th century BC A corvette (or dromon) of the early 19th century A modern.
Underworld - of the word "underworld" see Underworld (disambiguation) In the study of mythology and religion, the underworld is a generic term, referring to any place to which newly-dead souls go. See also: psychopomp. Underworld Relief Artist depiction of where dead souls go. Underworlds Aboriginal mythology Beralku Akkadian mythology Ereshkigal Nergal Buddhist mythology Neraka Celtic mythology Annwn Mag Mell Christianity Heaven Hell Limbo Purgatory Egyptian mythology Aaru Ament Duat Neter-khertet Fijian mythology Nabangatai Finnish mythology Tuonela Greek mythology Elysium Hades Tartarus Hinduism Amaravati Soma Svarga Incan mythology Uca Pacha Inuit mythology Adlivun Islam Jannah Jahannam Idonesian mythology Patal Japanese mythology Soku-no-Kumi Yomi-no-kuni Latvian mythology Aizsaule Maya mythology Metnal Mitlan Xibalba Melanesian mythology Tuma Norse mythology Helheim Oromo mythology Ekera Polynesian mythology Avaiki Bulotu Bulu Burotu Iva Lua-o-Milu Murimuria Nabangatai Nga-Atua Pulotu Rangi Tuarea.
Finn - different things: Fionn mac Cumhail was a legendary warrior of Irish mythology. Finn is the name of the giant who according to folk mythology build the cathedral in Lund a Finn might be Finnish in one or another sense of that word Finn is the name of a fictional character on Jackie Chan Adventures This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix the link, so that it points to the appropriate page..
Eino Leino - Leino Eino Leino (1878-1926) was a Finnish poet and journalist, considered one of the important developers of Finnish poetry. His poems combine modern poetry and old Finnish folk poems; the style of many of them is like the style of Kalevala and that of folk songs. The themes often are from nature, love, and despair, but he also wrote poems concerning current political events and ideals. Eino Leino was born as Armas Einar Leopold Lönnbohm in Paltamo. There were ten children in the family, Eino Leino was the youngest son. His first published poem dates to when he was twelve, the first actual collection of poems Maaliskuun lauluja was published when he was 18. After that, over 70 books of poems and stories where published from him, possibly the most famous.
Ursa Major - Area - Total Ranked 3rd 1 280 sq. deg. Number of stars with apparent magnitude < 3 6 Brightest star - Apparent magnitude Dubhe (α UMa) 1.8 Meteor showers Alpha Ursa Majorids Ursids Leonids-Ursids Bordering constellations Draco Camelopardalis Lynx Leo Minor Leo Coma Berenices Canes Venatici Boötes Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Notable features 2 Notable deep sky objects 3 History 4 Mythology Notable features From the bowl to the handle, the stars in the Big Dipper are called Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid (or Benetnash), and are given Bayer designations of Alpha to Eta Ursae Majoris, in that order. Mizar has a companion star called Alcor, just visible to the naked eye, that served as a traditional test of sight. Both stars are actually multiple in and.
Epic poetry - Virgil's Aeneid, following the style and subject matter of Homer. Another obvious example is Tulsidas' Ramacharitamanas, following the style and subject matter of Valmiki's Ramayana. More commonly, the word "epic" is used in reference to any fictional work; covering a relatively great deal of both geography and time. Examples of non-poetic epics are Beau Geste, The Great Indian Novel and Star Wars''. Notable epic poems, in chronological order: 20th century BC: The Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumerian mythology) 19th century BC: The Ramayana by Valmiki (Hindu mythology) 1316 BC: The religious epic Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Veda Vyasa (commonly known as Vyasa) (of which the Bhagavad Gita is a section) (Hindu mythology) 8th century BC: The Iliad by Homer (Greek mythology) The Odyssey by Homer (Greek mythology) 1st century BC: Aeneid by Vergil.
Tapiola - in the 1960s and was designed as a garden city. It is the location for Espoo's cultural centre. The name 'Tapiola' is derived from 'Tapio' who is the forest god of Finnish mythology, especially as expressed in the Kalevala. Tapiola is also the name of a Finnish insurance company, presumably from the location of its headquarters. Among other companies headquartered in Tapiola are Nokia and Fortum, the Finnish national oil company..
1987 - into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on-board. November 28 - In Wappingers Falls, New York, Tawana Brawley is found wrapped in garbage bags, with feces smeared all over her body and a racial written on her body (she later told police that she was held against her will for four days and repeatedly raped by a group of white men, one of which had a police badge. Her story did not check out, however). November 29 - A Korean Air Boeing 707 exploded over the Thai-Burmese border killing 155. December 1 - NASA announces the names of four companies who were awarded contracts to help build the International Space Station: Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell. December 1 - Channel Tunnel.
Aegea - the other Titans, Gaia hid Aegea in a cave to hide her beauty. Amaterasu and Päivätär have similar stories in Japanese and Finnish mythology, respectively..
Akka - Akka is traditionally a female spirit in Lappish and Finnish mythology. The first akka was Maderakka and her daughters were Sarakka, Uksakka and Juksakka. Lapps thought they lived under their kota tents. Worship of akka was common, and took the form of sacrifices, pleas for help and various rituals. Sarakka was thought to be especially helpful for pregnant women, and after a birth, a woman would eat a special porrige dedicated to her. Yambe-Akka or Jabme-akko is a Sami (Lapp) goddess of the underworld. Her name means 'The Old Woman of the Dead'. Spirits of lost babies are soothed and comforted by her, but all other spirits dwell in sorrow. The land of the dead is said to be a mirror of the land of the living where everything is the.
The Silmarillion - The Lord of the Rings take place. It is much less detailed than those two works, but it covers a much longer period of time. Although reading The Silmarillion is not necessary to enjoy these books, one can learn much more about Tolkien's world and its concepts by reading it. The Silmarillion is a very complex work, employing an extremely wide array of themes that originate in lore of countries all over Europe, but not adhering to any of them. Thus, the title of Eru Ilúvatar (One who is Father of All) is clearly borrowed from Norse mythology; the character himself resembles the God of the Bible, and even the writing style in which the Ainulindalë is told resembles that of the Bible; the story of Túrin Turambar is very similar.
The Hobbit - plot of The Hobbit is discussed in the "Synopsis" section. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 The Book 2 Synopsis 3 Preview of Sequel 4 Alternative Version 5 Adaptations and Influences 6 Editions The Book Tolkien, a professor, later recalled that the book's writing began from a single senseless sentence ("In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit") scrawled on an exam paper he was grading (compare Lewis Carroll's composition of The Hunting of the Snark). When he began, he did not intend to connect the story with the much more profound mythology he was working on (see The Silmarillion). We can witness the fact that Tolkien intended it to be "only" a non-related fairy tale in his choice of names: Cockney names for the goblins, and Norse names for.
Cornucopia - Plenty" is a symbol of prosperity and affluence, dating back to the 5th century BC.. In Greek mythology, Amalthea brought Zeus up on the milk of a goat. In return Zeus gave her the horn of the goat. It had the power to give to the person in possession of it whatever he or she wished for. This gave rise to the legend of the cornucopia. The original depictions were of the goat's horn filled with fruits and flowers: deities, especially Fortuna, would be depicted with the horn of plenty. More modern images, such as those used in Thanksgiving murals, depict a horn shaped wicker basket filled with fruits and vegetables. The Cornucopia is also a favourite design for Corn dolly making. The sampo of Finnish mythology is also a source.
Culture hero - The hero is sometimes said to be still living, but is often instead a star, constellation or purely spiritual in nature. In many cultures, particularly Native American, the mythical figure of the trickster and the culture hero are combined. To illustrate, Prometheus, in Greek mythology, stole fire from the gods to give it to humans. He is more of a culture hero than a trickster. In many North American Indian mythologies, the coyote spirit stole fire from the gods (or stars or sun) and is more of a trickster than a culture hero. Natives from the Southeastern United States typically saw a rabbit trickster/culture hero. The Greek Prometheus is especially famous as the bringer of fire, while the African trickster spider Ananse is also widely-disseminated. The term is sometimes used to.
