Finnish witchcraft

Ravens have been both feared and respected birds in many several cultures.

Eero Ojanen 2017: Suomalaiset taruolennot illustrated by Sirkku Linnea The Finnish folklore has a sprite for everything in nature. Through these creatures people explained, how the world was created and why the different phenomena appeared. This book is divided into sections of different creature types. First come the giants, then the dwarfs (such as gnomes, elves, fairies and leprechauns). One section is given to the creatures from Kalevala, one for Forest folks, one for the protectors of…

Flowers have always been powerful ingredients in folk magic and Finland is not an exception. The habit of picking flowers and putting them into a vase was not something that regular folk did but the…

Are you interested in the Finnish mythology? Discover if you feel a connection to a Finnish goddess or god.

​ In ancient Finland, there were all kinds of festivities connected to the autumn time. This is mainly because for thousands of years Finland was an agricultural society and many of the pagan...

In Finnish mythology, väki is the energy that exists in everything. Mana, the power...whatever you like to call it.You will learn what was the purpose of the väkihow to work with the väkihow the väki of the animals, people and nature was similar yet different.

Finnish mythology and folk tales include countless amount of elementals, nature spirits and deities. World view of the ancient Finno-Ugric tribes was animistic and they believed that every single...

Same way as Christianity...witch hunts arrived to Finland and to Sweden rather late compared to the rest of Europe. Interestingly enough in Finland, Estonia and Sweden half of the "witches" that were...

In this video I give tips on books in English (and some other languages) about Finnish mythology and folklore,