#finnish folklore

[tuherrus]

koivu ja tähti

or the birch and the star, is a finnish fairytale written by zachris topelius about two siblings, taking place during "isoviha" (great wrath) or the russian occupation in finland in 1713 to 1721

the siblings are abducted to russia as children and run away ten years later in order to make a journey to find their home in finland, guided by two birds and a memory of their homestead birch tree with a star shining through it's leaves

#finnish folklore #finnish fairytale #koivu ja tähti #topelius #i do a lot of mythology stuff but i wanted to move onto some fairytales too even if there's not much!

[amatesura]

Kekri is an ancient Finnish and Karelian celebration at the end of the harvest season and the cycle of the year. Today, it is celebrated in some places by the burning of the giant, so-called Kekri goat (Kekripukki).

#suomi #finland #kekri #folklore #finnish folklore #folk traditions #photography #*

[shinonart]

Blessing of the Bee

Bee, birdie of air, Bring nectar on thy tongue, With a tiny pitcher, Only fitting a finger. The bee was seen both as a potential threat due to its stings but also as a healer that brought honey for ailments and other uses. There are many spells and songs for preventin or healing a sting, but also many songs pleading for the bee to bring in precious honey.

Find me and my art elsewhere!      

OLD GODS - Artworks inspired by Finnish mythology and Folklore

#bee #bee art #animal art #animal painting #finnish mythology #old gods #finnish folklore #artists on tumblr #traditional art #traditional painting

[namarikonda]

That bloodstained son of Tuoni / struck the man with his sword, struck fear with his hunger. / Threw him to the stream of Tuonela / to the Underworld's underlake. — Kalevala, rune 14, lines 445–8; 451-2.

My rendition of Tuonenpoika, the guardian of the Finnish underworld, Tuonela; This gore-covered son of Tuoni fishes for unwanted visitors downstream, slaying them. He is said to collect the belongings of all the dead flowing down river Tuoni.

#finnish mythology #kalevala #mythology #finnish folklore #tuonenpoika #art #artists on tumblr #digital art #character design #character art #finnish #my art #godkiller #im playing this version of Tuonenpoika as a character in the Godkiller RPG #godkiller RPG #ttrpg #ttrpg art #his colors are based on high iron waters that are common in finnish bogs #as well as rowan and alder trees/berries that are prominent in finnish myth #the only real descriptors about tuonenpoika tell how much he is covered by blood and gore<3

[niilasnordenswan]

© Niilas Nordenswan Photography – Pine Away

#fine art photography #bnw photography #noir et blanc #blanco y negro #landscape photography #north karelia #finland #koli #finnish folklore #pielinen #pine trees #pine away #artists on tumblr #original photographers #wu wei #niilas nordenswan

[karjalantroll]

"Nevermore, old Väinämöinen, Nevermore in all thy life-time, While the golden moonlight glistens, Nevermore wilt fix thy vision On the meadows of Väinölä, On the plains of Kalevala; Full six years must swim the ocean, Tread the waves for seven summers, Eight years ride the foamy billows, In the broad expanse of water; Six long autumns as a fir-tree, Seven winters as a pebble; Eight long summers as an aspen!"

#my art #karjala #Kalevala #Kalevala Epic #Väinämöinen #Joukahainen #rune 6 #rune VI #Elias Lönnrot #Karelian folklore #Finnish folklore

[proteesiukkonen]

Drawtober day 25

A friendly neighbourhood Kekripukki for your harvest festival needs.

#my art #finnish folklore #drawtober

[stamp-it-to-me]

Finnish postage stamps by illustrator Emmi-Riikka Vartiainen for the "Stories and Myths" 2022 collection. The stamps depict Kuutar and Päivätär, the goddesses of the Moon and the Sun in Finnish folklore.

[ID: two blue stamps with a woman in each facing the other. the left woman has very pale skin and long flowing white hair with gold stars on it. she is wearing a golden crown and a golden sleeveless dress and has ornamental moon-themed gold jewelry on her arms and ears. her profile is framed by a giant crescent moon dripping with a string of stars that the woman is tending. the right woman is taller, equally pale and has long wavy golden hair with silver stars on it. she is wearing a silver crown and a blue sleeveless dress with silver belts and has silver bracelets and blue sun-themed tattoos. behind her profile is an orange-yellow sun. she is holding an ornamental spindle that she is using to spin the rays of the sun into golden yarn. both stamps say suomi finland at the bottom and 2022 in the upper corner.]

#submission #stamps #postage stamps #illustration #kuutar #päivätär #finnish folklore #goddess #finland #finnish #mythology #emmi-riikka vartiainen

[niuniente]

Before Santa Claus became the gift giver, kids in Finland received gifts from Nuuttipukki horned goat-man monster. His legacy lives in Finland as Santa Claus in Finnish is called Joulupukki - Christmas Goat - and straw goats are traditional Christmas decorations. Traditional straw decorations and a horned Nuuttipukki Christmas monsters in Kuopion Korttelimuseo Museum, Kuopio, Finland.

#finnish folklore #finland #christmas #nuuttipukki

[heartagram-vv]

Kalevala Pohjolan emäntä

#Akseli Gallen-Kallela #kalevala moodboard #kalevala #kalevala teemataulu #kalevala pohjolan tyttäret #Kalevala pohjolan emäntä #pohjolan emäntä #suomitumblr #Suomi #Finnish Folklore #finnish mythology #finnish #folklore moodboard #mytology #mytology moodboard #suomalainen teemataulu #lintu #birdwomen #mitä vittua #history #historia #teemataulu #moodboard

[badstitched]

January Patreon Pattern ~ Firefox

Based on Finnish lore, Tulikettu, also known as a firefox, is mysterious and whimsical at the same time. At night, his fur lights up like fire and as he trots across the snow, his tail sparks and creates the Northern Lights.

My firefox is doing a big stretch, with the galaxy and Northern Lights within him. Small backstitch detail is of the Vulpecula constellation, which is the "little fox."

Find this design on my Patreon, Tier 2 and up, until February 15th, 2024. Join here!

#cross stitch sampler #xstitch #cross stitch #fiber arts #crossstitch #cross stitch pattern #stitchcraft #broderie #patreon creator #firefox #tulikettu #finnish stuff #finnish lore #finnish folklore #magic cross stitch #northern lights #aurora borealis #constellations #space art

[tuherrus]

adalminan helmi or adalmina's pearl is a finnish fairytale by zachris topelius about a princess who's given gifts by two fairies as she's born, the first one giving a pearl that will grant her ever-growing beauty, intelligence and wealth, though should she ever lose it then she'll also lose all those things with it until she finds the pearl again the second fairy's gift is that if she does lose the pearl she'll gain a kind and humble heart instead

it's another fairytale illustration and this was the one story out of finnish fairytales that i probably read the most, and it was a favorite of mine as a kid (it still might be, sometimes it's hard to decide) and i wanna summarize a bit more in detail what happens at least in the version i'm most familiar with under the cut, but there's some other variations of it out there too!

so the king and queen deem that the second gift is worthless bc they'll be having servants around adalmina day and night to make sure the pearl, now fashioned into a crown, never disappears or falls off in the first place (and that the first gifts are better suited for a princess regardless)

as she grows older, she does become more beautiful, intelligent and wealthy but also grows selfish, arrogant and even cruel to the people around her

she's resentful of anyone she thinks dares to be more beautiful, intelligent or wealthy compared to her, even stomping on flowers as "she's the only one allowed to be beautiful"

when adalmina turns fifteen she's grown bored of the castle walls and decides to venture out, coming across a pond upon seeing her own reflection she can't help but stop and admire it and do so very closely

of course this is when her crown with the magical pearl tips off of her head and falls into the pond, taking all of her gifts with it and leaving her with amnesia

now appearing as a poor peasant girl and not knowing who she is, a terrified adalmina runs into the forest and comes across a cottage where an old woman lives alone

she takes pity on the lost girl and decides to take adalmina in her care if she helps her with herding goats, and adalmina embraces her in gratitude and promises to help however she can

she's then described to be happier than ever before by living a simple life, now surrounded by a glow that's "not born from shine on the surface, but the kind that comes from the inside of anyone with a good heart"

three years pass by, and a prince comes across the cottage in the forest (i think in some versions he's searching for the missing adalmina specifically) and finds himself falling in love with adalmina as he sees her working from a distance he stops by a pond to have a drink of water and discovers adalmina's pearl in the water, deciding that he'll give the crown to the shepherd girl he saw (again this is different in some other versions where he brings the crown back to the king and queen and it's then tried on all the girls in the kingdom to see who it fits in order to find adalmina as the crown only fits her)

as he places the crown on her head she's revealed to be the lost princess, now restored with all the gifts she had before on top of the kind and humble heart

adalmina returns to the castle to her parents, taking the old woman with her and apologizes to everyone she had hurt

later on she marries the prince and the story ends with "adalmina and her pearl are lovely, but much more lovely is her kind and humble heart, which is more valuable than a pearl"

#finnish folklore #finnish fairytale #adalminan helmi #topelius

[amatesura]

Taikaesineet: kuoharin puukko, raha, tuohikääre (Magical items: castration knife, coin, roll of bark) Finland, 1730-1830

#suomi #finland #folk magic #folklore #finnish folklore #knives #puukko #18th century #19th century #history #curiosities #*

[shinonart]

Blessing of the Raven

Raven, carry my woes, my sorrows, black bird. The raven was primarily seen as an ill omen, a messenger of death and grief. It was strongly associated with witchcraft and shape shifting and was often called "the witch bird".

However, in one of the songs of the ancient Finns the raven was also an empathetic helper; a bird you could trust your sorrows with and it would ease your pain by carrying the woes beyond dark waters so that they would no longer bother anyone.

Find me and my art elsewhere!      

OLD GODS - Artworks inspired by Finnish mythology and Folklore

#old gods #raven #bird #bird art #birds #ravens #corvid #corvids #finnish mythology #finnish folklore #traditional art #traditional painting #artists on tumblr #ink painting

[korppipoika]

Little troll time! 

Revisited this one from way back, didn’t think these two would turn out so different! 

#Korppipoika #korppipoika art #troll #peikko #hiisi #finnish mythology #Finnish Folklore #scandinavian folklore #original stuff

[niilasnordenswan]

© Niilas Nordenswan Photography – Polulla, North Karelia, Finland

#fine art photography #bnw photography #visual poetry #forests #late autumn #path #foggy path #paganism #finnish folklore #north karelia #kalevala #artists on tumbl #silence #niilas nordenswan