Publication details
"Toho stromu poslušen buď!" Uctívání stromů ve starém Finsku.
| Title in English | Tree Worshipping in Ancient Finland. |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Souvislosti |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | pre-Christian religion in Finland; tree worshipping |
| Description | Tree worshipping in ancient Finland might be divided in two groups according to position of a tree and a according to its species. There were trees offering security (a yard-tree) with relationship to a dwelling place or to people of a particular grange. On the other hand, most of the trees in woods ment for people rather a danger. In a similar way, the extent or sense of danger or safeness depended upon particular species. |