#finnish legends

[aka-seco-svart]

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Old amorphis 🇫🇮 (old school death/doom metal)

Left to right:

Jan Rechberger: drums

Kasper Mårtenson: keyboards

Tomi Koivusaari: guitars/vocals

Olli-Pekka Laine: bass

Esa Holopainen: guitars

#amorphis #old amorphis #old school death metal #death-doom metal #finnish death metal #tales from the thousand lakes era #death #finnish legends #kalevala

[odetokeons]

käärijä and lord of the lost being besties: a thrilling saga

#LEGENDS SUPPORTING LEGENDS #also nice to see that the frontman of lord of the lost is crushing on the feral finnish gremlin man just like the rest of us #and lord of the lost's cover of cha cha cha FUCKING SLAPS i'm OBSESSED #the contestants befriending each other is always my favourite thing about esc #käärijä #jere pöyhönen #cha cha cha #lord of the lost #chris harms #blood & glitter #eurovision #eurovision song contest #eurovision song contest 2023 #esc #esc 2023

[yoga-onion]

[Image above+below: works of an Estonian artist, Kaljo Põllu (28 November 1934 – 23 March 2010) ]

Legends and myths about trees

Forest myths, Estonian traditional beliefs (2)

The world of the Estonians’ ancestors - Proto-Estonian mythology

The world of the Estonians’ ancestors is believed to have turned around a pillar or a tree, to which the skies were nailed with the North Star. The Milky Way (Linnutee or Birds' Way in Estonian) was a branch of the World tree (Ilmapuu) or the way by which birds moved (and took the souls of the deceased to the other world). These myths were based on animistic beliefs.

Some traces of the oldest authentic myths may have survived in runic songs. There is a song about the birth of the world – a bird lays three eggs and starts to lay out the nestlings – one becomes Sun, one becomes Moon and one becomes the Earth. Other Finnic peoples also have myths according to which the world has emerged from an egg.

It has been suggested by ethnologist and former president Lennart Meri and among others, that a Kaali meteorite crater which passed dramatically over populated regions and landed on the island of Saaremaa around 3,000 - 4,000 years ago was a cataclysmic event that may have influenced the mythology of Estonia and neighboring countries, especially those from whose vantage point a "sun" seemed to set in the east.

There are surviving stories about Kaali crater in Finnish mythology (Description of indigenous paganism by Finns who always believed in spirit beliefs). 

In the Karelian-Finnish folk epic, the Kalevala, cantos (songs) 47, 48 and 49 can be interpreted as descriptions of the impact, the resulting tsunami and devastating forest fires. It has also been suggested that the Virumaa-born Oeselian god Tharapita is a reflection of the meteorite that entered the atmosphere somewhere near the suggested "birthplace" of the god and landed in Oesel.

Estonian mythology is a complex of myths belonging to Estonian folk heritage and literary mythology, and the systematic documentation of Estonian folklore had only began in the 19th century. 

Therefore, information on Proto-Estonian mythology before the conquest of the Northern Crusades, Christianisation and incorporation into the European world and during the medieval era, is only scattered in historical chronicles, travellers' accounts and in ecclesiastical registers.

It can be difficult to tell how much of Estonian mythology as we know it today was actually constructed in the 19th and early 20th century. Friedrich Robert Fehlmann, one of the compilers of the Estonian national epic, Kalevipoeg in the introduction to Esthnische Sagen (Estonian Legends), states.

"However, since Pietism has started to penetrate deep into the life of the people...singing folk songs and telling legends have become forbidden for the people; moreover, the last survivals of pagan deities are being destroyed and there is no chance for historical research."

木にまつわる伝説・神話

森の神話・エストニアの民間伝承 (2)

エストニア人の祖先の世界 〜 原始エストニア神話

エストニア人の祖先の世界は、柱または木の周りを回っていたと信じられており、その柱には北極星とともに天空が釘付けにされていた。天の川（エストニア語ではリヌーテーまたは鳥の道）は世界樹（イルマプー）の枝であり、鳥が移動する（そして亡くなった人の魂をあの世に連れて行く）道であった。これらの神話はアニミズム的な信仰に基づいていた。

最古の本物の神話の痕跡が、ルーン文字の歌詞の中に残っているかもしれない。ある鳥が3つの卵を産み、雛を産み始める。ひとつは太陽になり、ひとつは月になり、ひとつは地球になる、という世界の誕生の歌がある。他にはフィン族にも、世界が卵から生まれたという神話がある。

3,000～4,000年前に人口密集地域の上空を劇的に通過し、サーレマー島に落下したカーリ隕石 (ｶｰﾘ･ｸﾚｰﾀｰ) は、エストニアや近隣諸国、特に「太陽」が東に沈むように見えた国々の神話に影響を与えた可能性がある、と民族学者で元大統領のレンナルト・メリらによって示唆されている。

フィンランド神話 (精霊信仰を常に信仰していたフィン族による原始宗教的な伝説) にカーリ隕石に関する物語が残っている。カレリア・フィンランドの民俗叙事詩『カレワラ』の第47、48、49カント (聖歌) は、その衝撃と、その結果生じた津波、壊滅的な森林火災についての記述であると解釈できる。また、ヴィルマア生まれのオイセルの神タラピタは、この神の「出生地」とされる場所の近くで大気圏に突入し、オイセルに落下した隕石の反映であるとも言われている。

エストニア神話は、エストニアの民間伝承と文学的神話に属する神話の複合体であり、エストニアの民間伝承の体系的な記録が始まったのは19世紀になってからである。そのため、北方十字軍の征服、キリスト教化、ヨーロッパ世界への併合以前、そして中世のエストニア神話の原型に関する情報は、歴史年代記、旅行者の記録、教会の記録に散見されるのみである。

今日私たちが知っているエストニア神話のどれだけが、19世紀から20世紀初頭にかけて実際に構築されたものなのかを見分けるのは難しい。エストニアの民族叙事詩『カレヴィポエグ』の編纂者の一人であるフリードリヒ・ロベルト・フェールマンは、『エストニア伝説』の序文で次のように述べている。

“しかし、敬虔主義が人々の生活に深く浸透し始めて以来......民謡を歌い、伝説を語ることは、人々にとって禁忌となった； さらに、異教の神々の最後の生き残りは破壊されつつあり、歴史研究のチャンスはない。"

#trees #tree myth #tree legend #legend #mythology #folklore #estonian mythology #finnish mythology #kalevala #paganism #animism #north star #milky way #birds' way #world tree #nature #art #Kaljo Põllu #spirit beliefs #estonia

[importantdestinydefendor]

I have a random Firelight AU question for you, if you don't mind! Maybe it will be come up in future chapters so feel free not to spoil if you want to save it for then, but: what do the Parsians think when they see Azar's horse Zaal? I assume spots are common to this Maaren type of horse, but presumably not so often seen in Pars (it may be present in the genepool but none of the horses we've seen in the manga have that leopard spotting pattern).

Parsians are an equestrian people so I have no doubt they'd be checking out other people's mounts, especially a mysterious delegate from another nation. Actually, I'm getting sidetracked now but I also wonder what the general Parsian opinion about Maar is?

(I'm definitely curious to know what Daryun thinks about Zaal but I'm sure your fic will give us his thoughts on the matter at some point, lol. Let's hope Zaal and Shabrang get along well!)

Okay, I actually have not thought about this at all, so thank you for being my brain and asking this questions!

Zaal was, if I remember what I said about him correctly, mostly bred for heavy farming. And since he is in a rather mountany terrain, he has a lot more muscle and fat to keep him warm in the colder climate. His breed was already on the island when the Maarer came over from Mayram (that is also where their name came from and their "main-god"). And because the breed found in the mountains is very strong and resiliant, they were chosen for the heavier load of farming. They are usually not used for riding.

Theyr fur pattern came to be so that the horses were not as visable to preditors when heavy snowfall acurse or they had to hide in not dangerous snow drifts (at least for the horses mostly in the mountains, the ones in the more flat terrain obviously evolved a little differently). And Zaal is suppose to be completelly white - but I couldn't find pictures actual full white Noriker horses (that is the in reality breed i based Zaal on.)

The Maarer usually use more slim horses or those bred for speed and agillity for travelling and - most importantly - the militery. Some were already on the island in the grasslands (the area between the more "beachy" terrain and the mountains) others they brough with them from Maryam.

As for the Parsians, they don't really see the other types of breeds Maar has besides the ones the merchants and military uses - so similar to theirs. The only difference is that Maaren horses are generally more on the sturdier side due to the big differences in climate and terrain in their habitat.

Also, on what they think about Maar as a whole, the normal parsian citizen thinks of this really tiny kingdom that someday just popped up and is rising amonst the internatonal traders. Since it is still rather young as a kingdom, there is not much known about it. Only that they are very welcoming to everyone, allow every religion and belief and - how outlandish - have no actual slave system (this information is not as well known amongst the normal folk, more amongst nobelity and merchants.)

And their wine is very good as are their metals. Since those are their maingoods. That they also use magic is seen as just a rumor to explain how they are so good at defending themselfs and are so quick to arrive everywhere.

Now to Daryun. Since Vahriz has told him a little bit more about Maar due to his personal connection, he knows that Zaals breed is mostly used for agriculture and other heavy things. So he probably does a little double take when offically meeting Azar (I don't count Azars first introdaction as "their first meeting" since they don't actually talk or properly interact with each other). Maybe he will even ask her about it someday!

I have yet to think about such little scenes and Azars actual reason as to why she chose Zaal as her mount lol. Feel free to give me ideas! Chuck them at me!

I hope this answered your questions!

#arslan senki #the heroic legend of arslan #maaren au #firelight au #the kingdom of maar #daryun #okay this one got a little long #there are at least three different types of topics in there lol #thank you for the question though! #I also read your comment on ao3 (if that was you) and I will answere there shortly as well! #thanks for leaving one! #most of what I have written here is complitelly made up so don't take this as facts about Georgian horses! #(sorry for any typos btw) #also update to chapter 2: I only have to finnish the chapter art. I hope I can do that til tomorrow

[varanidius]

"Dad is going out. Make sure the door is locked and don't let strangers in, OK?" "Okay!" (babysitter)

#written in finnish bc I drew for friend #silfyr #framed photo is silfyr in their psijic days #✲20519 #eso/legends divayth #my art

[kummacon]

SE ON TÄÄLLÄ ! Sound the alarm!

#pelielokuva #cosplayelokuva #fanfilm #youtube film #undertale #papyrus #zelda #legend of zelda #widowmaker #overwatch #medic #team fortress 2 #finnish cosplay #kratos #god of war #game cosplay #suomi #suomeksi #suomitumblr #suomitumppu #finnish #finland #Youtube

[cherraluna]

Immortal Journey Soraka🦒🍌 Trying to find a good faster style

#league of legends fan art #league of legends #soraka #digitalart #finnishing a piece in 2 daayys!!! #new record

[pcktknife]

staying up late watching um actually and feeling so proud about knowing where the sickle hand weasel is from I almost called it sneasel as I was typing this lmao

#thank you legends arceus aha #also the myling i was like that sounds like some finnish moomin tove jansson shit and i was riiiiiight #i said thats probably up north in europe scandinavian woohoo #i did forget where the very well known minotaur was from so thats imaginary points off of a game i wasnt winning already #got the fake transformer too that makes me so sad i wanted the keyboard to b real so bad #kae.txt #i gotta sleep man 😭 #wait im thinking why the hell wasnt sneasel flying type kamaitachi(?) are wind spirits that felt like a direct connect #whatever i dont care i do prefer poison over flying shit dont gotta tie in with every piece of mythological lore #the point comes across is what im saying

[viktorsbabygirl]

blitzcrank tamagotchi????

#illustration #digital art #drawing #finnish art #colorful #art tumblr #art account #digital drawing #simple art #background #lofi art #huionart #huion kamvas #paint tool sai #emotional #simple #league of legends #blitzcrank #tamagotchi #design #hextech

[hana-loves-bumblebees]

Tero Koponen SÖI KAIKEN Pienessä merenneidossa

#i have no idea whether this is gramatically correct but yeah #his sebastian was THE GUY THE LEGEND THE ICON #finnish #finland #suomi #suomeksi #suomitumblr #tero koponen #pieni merenneito #his voice is so mukava tiedättekö? #the little mermaid

[briefbestiary]

Balls of light said to hover above the surface of Paasselkä and other areas near said lake. Paasselkä itself is a lake formed from an impact crater and has known magnetic anomalies.

#BriefBestiary #bestiary #digital art #fantasy #folklore #legend #paasselkä devil #paasselkä #light phenomenon #finnish folklore #paasselän pirut

[thedeadestletter]

#emppu suhonen #legend #finnish rock #therasmus #the rasmus

[takkamek]

started nano with 1.7k words in a story that i have planned about 2%, so that's good i guess.

I think my plan is to get the 50k words on that story, but I will continue writing/planning for my two other stories (that have been in the work for... too many years)

#personal #nanowrimo #this new one & the oldest story is in english #and they're both fantasy (new is medieval romance other is modern superhero fantasy) #the third one is in finnish and its also kinda fantasy/steampunk modern-ish political urban legend horror story #i really REALLY hope i finally will have a full first draft at the end of the month #@ gods @ universe PLEASE give me the strength and time for that

[homunculus-argument]

This may be an urban legend and I will preface this by saying that I don't even remember where I heard it, but going to bigger cities in Finland always reminds me of it nonetheless, so I'm telling you now.

There was a student group from either China or Korea - I can't recall which one, but Asian nonetheless - who were in student exchange to Finland, in Helsinki. The finnish hosts did their best to make them feel welcome, touring them around the city on the first day out and about, but they noticed the asian students seeming uneased by something. Not in a way of just being timid about being in a foreign country, but glancing at each other like something was off, and looking at each other with this air of "you're seeing it too, right?" but none of them wanted to be the first to bring it up to their finnish hosts. Both cultures are the high-context type, so they had clearly concluded that since the finns didn't point out the obvious unpromptedly, the subject might be too sensitive to talk about.

Eventually one of the exchange students decided to brave against this potential taboo, and delicately asked: "has something... Happened here?" And there was mutual surprise when the finns had no clue what they were talking about. This was pre-covid, nothing bad had happened there. And one of the exchange students - who still weren't sure whether they're breaching a taboo of something One Does Not Talk About - bravely elaborated. The streets are empty. It's eerie. They're in the central of the capital city and the streets are almost deserted. Has there been some calamity? A plague, an earthquake, have the people fled or been evacuated somewhere? Is it safe to even be here?

And they were just as baffled when the finnish hosts confirmed that no, this is a normal amount of people to see on the street on a normal day. Finland just looks like this. And for the sake of clarity, this is what Helsinki city centre looks like on a normal saturday morning at 10 am:

Both pictures taken by me, this morning.

[wuekka]

Korra dub kept the consistency of Toph's nickname for Aang, translating it the same as in avatar when I had already lost hope! +1 dubbers. (;w; )

#the legend of korra #avatar the last airbender #random ramble #finnish dub

[khihi]

Antwerp gig highlights (from the ig live)

Twirled around with a full water bottle during Rock Rock and splashed the audience with it

Crowd started chanting "KÄÄRIJÄ" right after Rock Rock and would proceed to chant his name another five times during the whole gig, Antwerp I love you

Flirting with the audience ("You look fucking great todayyy 😏😏")

Voittaja chant started early 🥹 and he was like "You speak Finnish?! 🫶"

He did the heart hands so many times this gig too

The crowd sang him happy birthday and he looked so so touched

More stOHmach drumming with a BELLY FLOP this time

Häärijä blowing bubbles during Mic Mac!!!

Cock and Ball talk with Häärijä lmao

"I want my concert to be a safe place" 🥹

PAIDATON MOTHERFCUKING RIEHUJA BABEYYYYY

About Huhhahhei: "story tell something my life, maybe... maybe not..." (Jere, what do you mean what do you MEAN???)

DROPPED SOMEONE'S PHONE RIP (it was fine though, he took their BeReal)

"Yesterday I was a little bit sad, but today I am fucking happy"

Someone gave him his own merch shirt as a gift but it was too small so he RIPPED IT WITH HIS TEETH AND WORE IT AS A JACKET OH MY GODDD

Fucking sang a sad improv love song to "The Bojan"

"You never know what happen at Käärijä concerts" you sure fucking dont, buddy

Crowd chanting for Häärijä too, as they should 😌

He told a story about meeting Häärijä after going to the toilet?? lmao????

EMILIA CAME BACK FOR ICIP, SHE WAS SUCH A LEGEND ON THAT STAGE

He got in the crowd for Viulunkieli!!!!!

"Make your dreams come be true" 💘

He called everyone his family so. many. times. 😭🥺

Was just generally in SUCH a good, soft, lovely mood

ANTWERP CROWD YOU'RE ALL LEGENDS, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE BOY SO MUCH LOVE

#käärijä #i've accidentally given myself the responsibility of these posts so here you go gang