Finnic mythologies are the mythologies of the various
Finnic peoples
The Finnic or Fennic peoples, sometimes simply called Finns, are the nations who speak languages traditionally classified in the Finnic (now commonly '' Finno-Permic'') language family, and which are thought to have originated in the region of ...
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Finnish mythology
Finnish mythology is a commonly applied description of the folklore of Finnish paganism, of which a modern revival is practiced by a small percentage of the Finnish people. It has many features shared with Estonian and other Finnic mythologies, ...
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Estonian mythology
Estonian mythology is a complex of myths belonging to the Estonian folk heritage and literary mythology. Information about the pre-Christian and medieval Estonian mythology is scattered in historical chronicles, travellers' accounts and in eccles ...
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Komi mythology
Komi mythology is the traditional mythology of the Komi peoples of northern Russia.
Gods and spirits
*En (Ен) - "Strength". The good creator god, and the enemy of Kul. He took the form of a swan.
*Kul' or Omöl' (Куль or Омӧль) - "Wea ...
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Mari mythology
Mari mythology is a collection of myths belonging to the Mari folk heritage. It has many similar features and motifs with Maris' neighbouring people, like the Komis, Udmurts and Mordvins. Many of their myths are also distantly related to the my ...
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Sámi shamanism
Traditional Sámi spiritual practices and beliefs are based on a type of animism, polytheism, and what anthropologists may consider shamanism. The religious traditions can vary considerably from region to region within Sápmi.
Traditional Sám ...
See also
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Baltic mythology
Baltic mythology is the body of mythology of the Baltic people stemming from Baltic paganism and continuing after Christianization and into Baltic folklore. Baltic mythology ultimately stems from Proto-Indo-European mythology. The Baltic regio ...
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Bear worship
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Dorvyzhy
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Hungarian mythology
Hungarian mythology includes the myths, legends, folk tales, fairy tales and gods of the Hungarians, also known as the Magyarok.
Sources of knowledge
Much of Magyar mythology is believed to be lost. However, in the last hundred years scholars o ...
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Mastorava
''Mastorava'' () is an Erzya epic poem compiled based on Erzya mythology and folklore by Aleksandr Sharonov, published in 1994 in the Erzya language, with a Moksha language version announced.
The poem consists of five parts entitled "The Unive ...
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Rock carvings at Alta
The Rock art of Alta (''Helleristningene i Alta'') are located in and around the municipality of Alta in the county of Finnmark in northern Norway. Since the first carvings were discovered in 1973, more than 6000 carvings have been found on sev ...
References and notes
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* Herman Hofberg, "Lapparnas Hednatro"
* Uno Holmberg, "Lapparnas religion"
* Rafael Karsten, " Samefolkets religion"
* Edgar Reuteskiöld, " De nordiska samernas religion"
* Tatiana Deviatkina,
Some Aspects of Mordvin Mythology. In: ''Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore'' 17 (2001): 96-106. DOI: doi:10.7592/FEJF2001.17.mordmyth
* Paasonen (ed.), ''Mordwinische Volksdichtung'' (1941).
External links
Beivve including many other related topics (e.g.
soul dualism of Sami)
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