FINLAND'S DEVA & MY PAST LIFE IN 900'S FINLAND

I am reading a Finnish book online at the moment, it was written in 1913 by Pekka Ervast, a Rosicrucian and Theosophian who wrote wonders about the Finnish nation, our History and Culture in spiritual light.

This Book is called Newly Born Finland ( Uudesti Syntyvä Suomi ) it discusses the Deva, the Protective Spirit, the National Spirit of Finland.

I've reached Chapter 3. Where he writes that old Finnish souls from our Golden Age begun to reincarnate back to Finland around 1900. Before this they had traveled the world, being born in India, China, Italy, France and Germany learning from other Cultures. And Being born back to Finland at the time when Finland ( though writing this he didn't know just how right he was ) was raising its head from being oppressed for quite many years, generations. He writes how Finnish people had to hold on to their nature, Finnish nature during this oppressive time and that took a lot of energy, hence the quiet era where not a lot of Finnish Culture was known in Europe and beyond. But as 1900 begun and old Finnish souls from the golden age returned we begun to see such people as Sibelius where he in 1900-1902 breaks through to International Stage.

Why I find this interesting is that have intuitive knowledge of having other lives in Finland, knowledge that I come back from time to time check up on Finland. This is interesting as I just recently had Clearing done on my Akashic Record, two lives to be exact, and one of them was in 900th Finland, the woman who did this Clearing told me I lived in the Oulu area in 900's and I was the Shaman of the tribe.

I channeled my Higher Self this morning ( I'm going to use the term "her" as I am a woman in this life time, but in Finnish him and her are represented by one word "hän" which means both genders ) considering my earlier life in Finland. I asked her if I had an earlier life in Finland, she answered yes. I asked if I had been a Shaman, she answered yes. I asked if I had lived in 900's, she answered yes. I asked if I had lived in Oulu area, she answered yes. I asked if I had been a man or a woman, she answered man. I asked her to show me an image of myself from that time, and saw immediately a man sitting on a rock seat fire in front of him and early night, he had longer hair that had natural dreads mixed in his hair from time to time, he had a short beard, and he was thin, I got the mental image he didn't, I didn't eat a lot. But I saw muscles in his legs so he wasn't sickly thin. I asked her what happened in that life time that had lingered with me before the Akashic record was cleared, she told me the earth changed, I tried to see but she told me it wasn't a catastrophe, but subtle change in the earth, crops didn't grow as they use to. I had tried my best with the knowledge that I had to make the ground fertile, she told me I did what I could but something’s are meant to happen.
I then asked her is there something she'd like me to know, she showed me kissing the forehead of a young girl, platonic kiss and she told me I passed on my knowledge to the girl, what I knew of incantations and medicines.

This self-exploration was brought on by the Ervast book, and I am thinking there are many more to read on the matter of Finns and our Golden Age, The Kalevala and Finnish Spirituality. But these are my thoughts for now.

Love, Light and Joy!
Niina

P.S: For more Finnish Spirituality click on some of the Tags for this entry below.

THE MAGIC SPELLS/INCANTATIONS OF THE FINNS

Are you interested in the Esoteric and Magical history of the Finns?

The Vikings, according to Viking Sagas, also made some raids into Tavastia. Here is an account of Olav the Holy raiding the coast. This may be either in Tavastian or "Finnish" territory:

"Then he (Olav) sailed to Finland, landed and pillaged there, but all of the locals escaped into the forests and took all their possessions with them away from the area/region. The king ventured far inland and through some woods; there were valley regions called Herdalarna. They took some property, but no men (Slaves? Prisoners?). When evening drew near, the King began his way back to his ships. But when they returned to the woods, they were confronted by men from all sides, and harrassed and shot at fiercely. The King told his men to take cover/protect themselves. But before they could get out of the woods, he had lost many men and several were wounded. He arrived at the ships in the evening. In the night, the Finns created a great storm with their witch-craft. But the king ordered to lift up the anchor and raise the sails, and they travelled along the coast during the night. The King's good luck was then, like so often, more effective than the witch-craft of the Finns. They managed to sail along the coast of Balegard and then out to sea. But a band of Finnish warriors followed them on land as the king sailed along the coast." ~http://www.allempires.com/article/index.php?q=Viking_Age_Finland

The Finns have been known for their ability to raise fog, stop blood flow in wounds and singing people to sleep.
With magical time in mind you might want to check out this book: The Magic Songs of the Finns. Link update 08/23 1/2 https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ms1/index.htm

2/2 https://sacred-texts.com/neu/ms2/ms201.htm

"Since the time immemorial the Finns have used incantations, or Magic Songs. It’s unknown when or how this tradition of magic first came to be, but already in pre-historical times they were widely used in all areas of life. The 639 spells and charms contained in this book were collected in the 19th century from the rural areas of Finland and Karelia, shortly after which this old esoteric tradition became extinct. They were first published in year 1880, and translated into English in 1896 as a part of larger folkloristic study, but have never before been published as an independent work."

THE MAGIC SONGS OF THE FINNS.
1. Preliminary Formula
2. Defensive Measures
3. Against Envy
4. Vengeance Formula
5. To Discover the Cause
6. Reparation for Harm
7. Against Inflammation and Angry Symptoms
8. Expulsion Formula
9. Posting Formula
10. Pain or Sickness Formula
11. Reproaching Formula
12. Falling into Ecstasy
13. In Distress
14. Boasting Formula
15. To Still Violence
16. Menacing Formula
17. Exorcisms
18. To Make Fast

♠ WORDS OF HEALING POWER.
19. For Stings of Wasps, Gadflies and other Insects
20. For Sickness caused by Elf-shots, sudden Strokes, etc.
21. For the Toothache
22. For Wounds caused by Hiisi
23. For Whooping Cough
24. For Injuries caused by Kalma
25. When torn by a Bear or a Wolf
26. For Contusions from a Stone
27. For Syphilis
28. To remove Tumours, Abscesses, Boils
29. For Snake Bites
30. For Gout or Heartburn
31. For cutting off Excrescences
32. For Contusions or Lesions
33. For the Hiccough
34. For Sprains
35. Against Nightmare
36. For Frostbite
37. For Stitch or Pleurisy
38. For Contusions from Trees
39. For Cancer or Whitlow
40. For Injuries from Iron
41. For Rickets, Atrophy
42. For Injuries caused by Spells
43. Against the Plague
44. For Thrush
45. For Pain in the Eye from Particles of Chaff
46. For Disease in the Eye
47. For a Lizard’s Bite
48. For Laceration by a Wolf
49. For the Pains of Child-birth
50. For the Itch
51. For Skin Eruption
52. For Burns
53. For Scalds
54. For Injuries from Copper
55. For Hemorrhage
56. For Dropsy
57. For Cough
58. For Colic

♠ FORMULÆ.
59. Divination Formula
60. For a Bite from a Horse
61. To make a Horse stand still
62. Against Mice
63. Against Spiders
64. For a Cross-bow Man
65. For a Best Man
66. Against Grubs, Slugs, etc.
67. For catching Hares
68. For Fishing
69. Against Bears
70. To protect Cattle
71. A Spear Charm
72. For Dogs
73. For taking Ermines
74. To make Yeast rise
75. To charm Snakes
76. Court of Justice Charm
77. For Sheep
78. For Bathing Children
79. To quiet a Child
80. To excite Love
81. To alienate Love
82. To take Redstarts
83. For Fowling
84. For making an Artificial Decoy Bird
85. Against Bugs
86. Against the Cowhouse Snake
87. For making Vapour
88. A Milk—charm
89. Hunting Charm
90. Against Forest Fires
91. An Ale Charm
92. For catching Squirrels
93. Against Sharp Frost (Pakkanen)
94. A Snake Charm
95. Against Rust in Corn
96. Gelding Charm
97. Frog Charm
98. To drive away Rain
99. On going to the Wars
100. To exorcise Wolves
101. Charm to recite over Salt
102. For Health
103. Against Cockroaches
104. To lay the Wind
105. To lay a Whirlwind
106. To be recited over Water
107. For a Journey by Water
108. Trap Charm
109. Ointments

♠ PRAYERS.
110. In the Morning
111. Treasure Seeking
112. Against Elf-shots
113. Against Wasps
114. Against Toothach
115. For Horses
116. When Gored by an Ox
117. At a Bridal Procession
118. For catching Hares
119. Against Cabbage Grubs
120. For Fishing
121. Bear Hunting
122. Against a Bear
123. To Benefit Cattle
124. At the Assizes
125. To incite a Dog
126. To silence a Dog
127. When Shooting Rapids
128. When in Great Pain
129. To Charm away Strumous Swellings on the Neck
130. While Sowing
131. To Stupefy a Snake
132. To Increase the Yield of Milk from Cows
133. To excite Love
134. To Wean a Heart from Another’s Love
135. When Excising Superfluous Flesh
136. For Catching Birds
137. On Gering to Bed
138. Starting on a Journey
139. Hunting in the Forest
140. For Sprains, Injuries of the Bone or Sinews
141. When Butted by a Ram or a He-goat
142. Brewing Ale
143. For Good Luck
144. Squirrel-Hunting
145. Against Nightmare
146. Against Swellings and Scab
147. Against very Sharp Frost
148. For Catching Reindeer
149. For Pleurisy or Stitch
150. To Throw a Spell over a Gun
151. Setting Traps
152. For a Good Sleighing Road
153. For Catching Foxes
154. Against Injuries from Spells
155. For Trapping Sea—otters
156. To Drive away Rain
157. When Charming the Sick
158. Castration
159. Preparing a Bandage
160. Against Bits of Chaff, etc., in the Eye
161. For the Pigs
162. In War Time
163. Preparing for War
164. To Make Snow-skates
165. Against Incantations
166. For the Pains of Child-birth
167. Setting Up House
168. For Skin Eruptions
169. For a Healing Bath
170. For Making Edged Tools
171. Against Damage from Fire
172. To Bewitch Fire
173. In Making an Offering
174. To Recover Stolen Property
175. To Guard against Thieves
176. When on the Look-out
177. To Staunch Blood
178. When Travelling by Water
179. To Fortify Water
180. Against an Enemy at Sea
181. When Using Salves
182. For a Good Crop

♠ ORIGINS OR BIRTHS.
183. The Origin of Wasps
184. Of Snails
185. Of the Tooth-worm
186. Of the Pike
187. Of the Horse
188. Of the Elk
189. Of Ague
190. Of the Seal
191. Of Men
192. Of the Cabbage-worm
193. Of the Bear
194. Of Courts of Law
195. Of the Cat
196. Of Stone
197. Of Cancer or Whitlow
198. Of the Dog
199. Of the Birch
200. Of the Raven
201. Of Swelling on the Neck
202. Of the Viper
203. Of the Snake
204. Of Flax
205. Of the Cowhouse Snake
206. Of the Earth-elf or Skin Eruption
207. Of the Sorcerer (noita)
208. Of Arrows
209. Of Ale
210. Of Sharp Frost
211. Of Stitch or Pleurisy
212. Of Trees
213. Of Cancer
214. Of Iron
215. Of Rickets, Atrophy
216. Of Injuries caused by Spells
217. Of Rust in Corn
218. Of Scab
219. Of the Pig
220. Of Particles of Chaff in the Eye
221. Of the Lizard
222. Of the Wolf
223. Of Salt
224. Of the Oak
225. Of the Titmouse
226. Of Fire
227. Of Copper
228. Of Water
229. Of a Boat
230. Of a Net
231. Of Brandy
232. Of Salves
233. Of Gripes, Colic, Constipation

http://www.paganarchive.com/magic-songs-of-the-finns.html

Love, Light and Joy!

Niina

RECORD SNOW IN HELSINKI (PHOTOS)

Record Snow Day, 49 cm / 19.3 inches of snow, that beats the last record from 70 years ago! December 8th 2010. These are taken in Mansion's Park in Helsinki, taken by me ofcourse - gorgeous day!

 

Love, Light and Winter Wonderland Joy!

Niina

VÄINÄMÖINEN'S RETURN AND USHERING IN OF THE NEW SAMPO

Art by Tamara Yufa in 1965

First who is Väinämöinen, aside from us knowing him from Kalevala as a man who perform heroics and is born old and wise to begin with - he is in the esoteric circles known as Our Divine Will.
When you use The Kalevala as a holy book to discover your way to live a spiritual, good life and connect to your "Christ Consciousness" ( Higher Consciousness, also called Cosmic Consciousness, God-Consciousness and Christ Consciousness, are expressions used in various spiritual traditions to denote the consciousness of a human being who has reached a higher level of evolutionary development and who has come to know reality more accurately ).

Second what is Sampo?
From my earlier blog Kalevala Studies Part 1 Poem 50:

" What is this Sampo he comes to usher forward in us?
Let's investigate a little. A loose quotation from Kauno Mannonen's "Uuden Ajan Kalevala Avain" on pages 83-84: "Sampo can be interpreted as our Ethereal Body our Spirit Vessel that we forge life by life better and perfect. When it is our time rise up as we ascend (like jesus did) this Sampo will be our vessel. [...] Samboo in Sankrit mean Highest Awakening. Tibetian word Sangfu means secret source for all happiness, hungarian Sampog means Father God and Buddisht Samboodha means Highest Knowledge, Wisdom."

And here is where last night comes to play - you might recall my earlier blog called Earth Ascension Update.
Last night I cared not so much wither we got to keep our bodies or not, it did not matter one way or another ( Living in the Now ) BUT as I got to bed, warmed up under covers with a book in my hands I had an epiphany! ( I suppose you don't have to guess what book as we talk about The Kalevala here ;) )

" Up until now, the only option available when anyone wished to ascend from a planet was to raise the frequency of light of their subtle bodies, i.e. their mental, emotional and lower spiritual body. Their physical body would die.

When the Starseeds came to help the Earth, included in their many blueprints they were to create, was one for a new blueprint to allow people who were ascending to also raise the frequency of their physical body to the level of light required to enter the 5th dimension. The benefits of this blueprint would mean no physical death need occur when one ascended. It also meant that after raising one’s physical body to a higher frequency of light (and therefore still actually having it, in some form) if that person ever wished to visit a 3rd dimensional planet in the future, they could simply lower the density of the physical body and use that as their body.

Originally, it was thought that this blueprint may not be created in time for the current situation of Earth’s ascension, but would be in place for other planet’s ascensions in the future. However, after the Starseeds arrived on Earth, the Earth Mother requested extra assistance from other universe’s in order to hurry the blueprint along so that it could apply to humanity for her own ascension. This occurred. Since their arrival here, the Starseeds and many Lightworkers have continued to create this blueprint daily. It will be completed in time for Earth’s ascension."

I got so excited I had to interrupt my husband watching a Miami-Virginia Collage Football game and tell him what ideas now ran rampant in my head! He was very calm about it, muted TV and let me go at it.

And why were these things put together an epiphany?
Well-- because of Runo 50 / Poem 50 where at the very end Väinämöinen our Divine Will inside us says he will return, when certain things come to pass...

479 Väinämöinen, shamed and angry,
Walked away down to the seashore.
There he sang his last enchantment:
Conjured up a copper boat,
Closed-in vessel decked with copper.
487 There he sat, steering seaward
Out upon the clear sea surface.
As he sailed he went on speaking,
And he said as he was leaving: 440
"Let the rope of time run out-
One day go, another come-
And again I will be needed.
They'll be waiting, yearning for me
To usher in another Sampo,
To sing another song,
Set a new moon in the sky,
Free a new sun in the heavens
When there is no moon, no sun
And express no gladness on the earth." 450

I had to tweak this english translation a little ( in italics to set the words and their meaning right, see Väinämöinen won't make a new Sampo like many translators take liberations, no, he brings forth, ushers in a new Sampo - see he never made a Sampo to begin with, Ilmarinen did ).
As I talked in the Kalevala Studies entry the Moon in esoteric studies means Death (Kuolema or Kuu'olema/Death' to be/Moon' to be) to die in Finnish is Kuolla/Kuu' olla/To be Moon.
Finnish Language is tricky for a reason, it has inside it a whole myriad of meanings, hidden and in plain sight, esoteric and spiritual right inside the common language.

If you aren't a natural speaker of Finnish you cannot understand for example what you are truly talking about when you speak of the moon. Finnish, it is like a double edged sword, in one end you speak of the physical full moon and its beauty, in the same words you speak in esoteric about the Beauty of Full Death ( as the true nature od dying can escape a man/woman, this might sound morbid, but trust me death is not morbid ). Or when we say whole ( kokonainen ) we also speak of the fully balanced human that has the divine feminine and masculine attributes and divine wisdom together in full spiritual package, Koko'nainen/Fully'woman -- I could go on on about this but there is the Sampo to consider. Perhaps another blog entry of this will have to be made.

Väinämöinen returns when we have forgotten our knowledge of Death ( Kuu'olema ) and forgotten our Knowledge of Spiritual Wisdom our Spiritual Light, The Sun and Ei Ilmaista Iloa/Express no gladness on the Earth. In Finnish language it literally says no free or to express, the word Ilmaista means them both. ( it also means 'ilma' and 'maista', 'air' and 'earthly or taste' but I won't confuse you more ;) )
So what if it means that there is no longer Free Joy, Free Gladness in this earth - money has taken over and rules happiness. ( gee - when might his be)
You will not happy unless you buy this car or this house or these shoes or this wedding package or this or this or this...
Or perhaps it means both there is no free happiness and people do not know how to express happiness anymore? We might try to express our gladness with what then, well think of people today going out to dinners or buy gifts to celebrate... This is quite sad that our happiness is no longer free but has to be bought with gifts and trinkets to express it.
Look at this from a spiritual point of view - not knowing how to express happiness...

I add this up for it to be clear - Väinämöinen returns when we have forgotten our knowledge of Death and forgotten our Knowledge of Spiritual Wisdom our Spiritual Light. And when there is no free joy and happiness and we do not know how to express our gladness.

Art by A. Andrew Gonzalez

And he ushers in a New Sampo - perhaps this is it, right now, past two hundred years and the future hundred to come, perhaps our new Sampo - not the one that in the past we have forged and forged to be our Spirit Vessel for our Ascension - is the perfect one our Ascension Body. Taking into consideration that we can ascend in these bodies with Earth now seems to match perfectly in this thinking.

It is never easy to put ideas and epiphanies to words.
And the best talent is to read between lines with our intuition.
So I hope that even with my rambling you can read between the lines as well.

To me, as my personal truth, this hits home. All that I have learned in my 28 years support this theory.
From Cultures Reincarnating, to historical document, to Akashic Records, to the Kalevala meaning of my maiden name... I cannot wait to learn more about The Kalevala, to see what Finland and our Deeva has to offer to the world.

Love, Light and Joy!

Niina

( Dialog @ http://lightworkers.org/blog/117522/v-m-inens-return-and-ushering-new-sampo#comment-268307 )

LEARN A WHOLE NEW INSIGHT ON KALEVALA

SPIRIT AND KNOWLEDGE FAIR PHOTOS

The Four Winds Concert

Opening the four winds and fifth on inside us all

 Kalevala Inspired - recycled clothing...

Juha Pentikäinen talks about a witch drums and the arctic people...

Kirsi Ranto introduces Hannu Piekkola who talked about Kalevala and the Constellations

 Main stage decoration - Bear's Scull

 Aquarian Age in astrological charts

 New Possibilities of Intyuition - EXCELLENT

The DVD

The author signed by book stating: "To A Great Finn".

The book is titled "The New Age Keys to Kalevala"

That is all for now, when I get released from the Four Winds trance I will go to more details.

TODAY - SPIRIT & KNOWLEDGE FAIR - 2010

The Spirit and Knowledge Fair is today!
I posted about it earlier this month.
Click here for the Introduction to the Fair.

I did few add-on lectures so here is what I will be doing all day!

• Opening Concert: Four Winds
• Kalevala Goes Black and White; Costumes and Clothest Kalevala Style
• Under the Northern Star - Thoughts on the Mindset of Scandinavia - Juha Pentikäinen
• Ancient Germanic-Scandinavian Egregori; Odin and Hyperborea
• Kalevala; Guide to the Stars
• Who am I, where do I come from and where am I going? (Where is humankinds origins, and how knowing our past can help us evolve spiritually in the future / What is Aquarian Age and how will it effect me?)
• New possibilities of Intuition (Our spiritual gifts and intuition are experincing a change as we are being now more supported than before)
• Sampo and it's Invisible School

Sounds good right! Even my hubby who is non-newage was interested in the line up, too bad it is all in finnish, I would have taken him with me if it had something in english as well.

BEING FINNISH - WHY ARE YOU BORN WHERE YOU ARE NOW?

Aino by Akseli Gallen-Kallela

To begin I start with reincarnation - I believe we are born again and again to learn a predetermined lessons to figure out Who Am I. Where you are isn't the thing to focus on per say, except if you feel drawn to your countries spiritual history - because then there are things to consider:

• You have been involved from the beginning of your human cycle in evolving this culture, especially spiritually.
• You are drawn to the spiritual practice because there is something there that is very important for you to remember and learn.
• It is one of your purposes to bring out the tradition, or information of the practices that can be beneficial to humanity now.
• And myriad other reasons that you can understand deeply within yourself...

Little about why I feel drawn to my country's spiritual history:
When I was 18 my mother and my mother's twin sister took me to a lecture with them, the title of it was Being Kalevala (Kalevalalaisuus), if I recall right it was held by Matti Kuusi or Juha Pentikäinen - here is where my memory slightly fails on me. ;)
But what I do recall clearly is being thoroughly impressed how much old Finnish mythology intertwined with my spiritual view (even thought my spiritual view was only 5 years old) it was the truth to me, I knew it immediately.

From the Kalevala

After the loss of his first wife to Kullervo's curse, the disheartened Ilmarinen attempts to craft a new one from gold and silver, but finds the golden wife hard and cold. Dismayed, he attempts to wed her to his brother Väinämöinen instead, but the old sage rejects her, saying that the golden wife ought to be cast back into the furnace and tells Ilmarinen to "forge from her a thousand trinkets". Speaking to all of his people, he further adds:

    "Every child of Northland, listen,
    Whether poor, or fortune-favored:
    Never bow before an image
    Born of molten gold and silver:
    Never while the sunlight brightens,
    Never while the moonlight glimmers,
    Choose a maiden of the metals,
    Choose a bride from gold created
    Cold the lips of golden maiden,
    Silver breathes the breath of sorrow."

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kveng/kvrune37.htm - Golden Bride in full text
The tale of the Golden Wife can be seen as a cautionary tale based on the theme where money cannot buy happiness and marrige and choosing your partner wisely. Having someone who looks good and is valueable but is cold and hard makes for a bad match. All the tales in Kaleva are to be throught through for their meaning to adapt to your life.

As impressed by it as I was... Life happened. Things got pushed to the back burner, they simmered there waiting.

Väinämöinen and The Maiden of The North by R.W Ekman

Being wiccan in a point of my development made Kalevala Mythology completely natural to me - it was after all very nature based, with god of the forest Tapio and goddess of the waters Wellamo, and so on...
But it wasn't till few years ago when I remembered Kalevala and felt frawn to it, I wrote a book, read Kaari Utrio, listened to Suo, studied finnish spiritual practises, god and goddess mythology.
The Fall and Winter have turned out to be the perfect times for studying Finnish Mythology, in the growing darkness the spirit of Finland rises from the ground with the mesmerizing mist and fog of the early morning. It dances over grass and water and calls you to remember. It is Fall again.

Yesterday - I read for the first time that there is a view of Finland in certain circles where they talk of Finno-Ugric language being the original language and early Finns having a grander history than what school teaches us. Naturally, I was intrigued!

"We came from the East and at the peninsula of Denmark we parted ways. The other group headed for South to Germany and middle europe, the other moved to North, aproximately 5000 years ago. [...] There are many studies that finnish language (old finnish) was the original language. These result have been made by Gustaf Kossina. Germans have gotten their culture from a higher culture called Urfinns, the original Finnish people. Reserched has showed connections to Russhian Monasteries and Great Britan's Royal Chronicals. Mannonen sees that Finns have never been a vast amount of people, but a spiritually magnificent one. 'Finns have brought their culture to where they have traveled. We have been a great nation, who has never buckled under depression.' 'We have had a more noble view of the world as Kalevala testifes. We were not a warring nation like the barbaric tribes. Instead we were the people who spread civilisation and culture... [...] Original finns and remained a clean bloodline, this has been studied by scientifically through our genes." ~Kauno Mannonen's interview in Minä Olen - Magazine 4/2010 (translation to english from finnish by yours truly)

This article, interview, above was several pages long, and has inspired me to seek more information about my countries spiritual history. Why? Because like I stated at the very beginning and in my own introduction to my history with Kalevala - It is meant to be. For one reason or another I have to learn as much as I can.
This almost makes me laugh, that I have to!
I do feel I have had many lives as a Finn, and as I feel most connected to Wellamo I feel there is history there as well. Luckily I have up to 90 years to figure this out. ;)

I will stop here as I have nothing yet to continue this on, but feel free to check out my entry of Kings of Finland.
Also people to research who were mentioned in the magazine article are:
Kauko Manninen
Pekka Ervast
Tapio Kaitaharju
Juha Pentikäinen  - books.google.fi Kalevala Mythology (especially page 225, 'Language & Cultural Identity')
Matti Kuusi

And these following mostly-neutral sites on Finno-Ugric history, if this topic has peaked your interest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalevala
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finno-Ugric_languages
http://www.helsinki.fi/~jolaakso/fufaq.html - Frequently Asked Questions about Finno-Ugrian Languages

click for a bigger picture and easier read

But with this said, we cannot get too focused on one country, and one group of people. We have to remember that we are One, body, mind and soul, and though this school teaches us many things through many channels we have to remember to not take vain pride in just one thing (be it "my" country, "my" culture or "my" history). But recall that what is important and share.

Love, Light, Joy & Unity!
Niina

FINNISH GODDESSES AND GODS

Short list in english of Finnish Gods and Goddesses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Finnish_deities

Long list in Finnish:

http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luokka:Suomalaiset_jumalat_ja_taruolennot

Gallen Kallela, Akseli "The Aino Triptych"

In Finnish mythology, Vellamo is the goddess of the sea, the wife of Ahti. The name is derived from velloa, "to rock oneself." She is sometimes described as "cold hearted". Along with Ahti, she dwells in the undersea palace of Ahtola. She is often pictured as a mermaid.

Kalma is Finnish goddess of death and decay. She lives in Tuonela, the Finnish Underworld, and is accompanied by Surma. Her name means "The Stench of Corpses".

In Finnish mythology, Rauni (Akka) is a fertility goddess and the wife of Ukko.

In Finnish mythology, Ahti or Ahto is one of the heroic figures Elias Lönnrot compiled in the character of Lemminkäinen.
Ahti is described as a fierce warrior who vows to live in peace after gaining Kyllikki as his wife, but breaks the oath and falls in a combat.

Tapio is an East Finnish forest spirit or god (bear). Hunters prayed to him before a hunt. His wife is the goddess of forest, Mielikki. He was the father of Annikki, Tellervo, Nyyrikki (the god of hunting), and Tuulikki. He figures prominently in the Kalevala.

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FINNISH PAGANISM