Nordic influence on Saami folk belief: the "Buttercat" (Smörkatt)
The topic of this paper is a Saami superstitious belief, namely the smørkatt "buttercat", which is without doubt a Nordic loan in Saami tradition. In olden days there were people who sold themselves or half of their souls to the devil for a considerable sum of money. They made a "butt...
| Published in: | Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Donner Institute
1987
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| Online Access: | https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67166 https://doi.org/10.30674/scripta.67166 |