Death and Ancient Finnish Culture

This paper considers the beliefs of ancient Finnish and Karelian culture about death, immortality and ghosts. These beliefs are reflected in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. Finno-ugric mythology has a great deal in common with Greek mythology. The beliefs described in the paper are discussed in...

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Published in:OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
Main Author: Achté, Kalle
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 1976
Subjects:
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Health (social science)
karelian
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/j08n-9r1j-xtf6-1u2a
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2190/J08N-9R1J-XTF6-1U2A
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Summary:This paper considers the beliefs of ancient Finnish and Karelian culture about death, immortality and ghosts. These beliefs are reflected in the Finnish national epic Kalevala. Finno-ugric mythology has a great deal in common with Greek mythology. The beliefs described in the paper are discussed in the light of certain psychodynamic views.

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