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    traditions went extinct. Finnic paganism provided the inspiration for a contemporary pagan movement Suomenusko (Finnish: Finnish faith), which is an attempt...
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    Modern Finnish paganism, also known as Finnish neopaganism or the Finnish native faith (Finnish: Suomenusko: "Finnish Belief / Belief of Finland"), is...
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  • Finnish mythology commonly refers of the folklore of Finnish paganism, of which a modern revival is practiced by a small percentage of the Finnish people...
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    11th century, Finnish paganism was the country's primary religion. Most Finns are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland (65.2%). With...
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  • general, the etymology of Finnish swears can be traced either from these formerly religious words or from ancient Finnish words involving excretion or...
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    Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in...
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    Slavic mythology or Slavic paganism is the religious beliefs, myths, and ritual practices of the Slavs before Christianisation, which occurred at various...
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  • Finns (redirect from Finnish People)
    Finns or Finnish people (Finnish: suomalaiset, IPA: [ˈsuo̯mɑlɑi̯set]) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to Finland. Finns are traditionally divided...
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    The demographics of Finland is monitored by the Statistics Finland (Finnish: Tilastokeskus, Swedish: Statistikcentralen). Finland has a population of...
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    religion, Ancient Roman religion, Basque mythology, Finnish paganism, Celtic polytheism, Germanic paganism, etc.). The Roman Empire officially adopted Christianity...
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    religion (Etruscans of the central Italian peninsula) Finnish paganism (Finns and Karelians) Germanic paganism (Germanic peoples and tribes of Germania) Greek...
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    Otso (category CS1 Finnish-language sources (fi))
    old Finnish tribes. Otso appears in the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala. Due to the importance of the bear spirit in historical Finnish paganism, bears...
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  • Karhun kansa (category Finnish paganism)
    Karhun kansa (Finnish: ['kɑrhun ˈkɑnsɑ] is a religious community based on indigenous Finnish spiritual tradition. The community was officially recognized...
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  • Finland Finland's language strife Fennoman Finnish mythology Finnish paganism Foreign relations of Finland Finno-Soviet Treaty of 1948 Finlandization...
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    Anglo-Saxon paganism Domovoy in Slavic paganism Frigg, a goddess in Old Norse religion Gabija, a goddess in Baltic paganism Haltija, or Haldjas in Finnish paganism...
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    There are scattered descriptions of early Finnish wars, conflicts involving the Finnish people, some of which took place before the Middle Ages. The earliest...
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    Christians and they arrived to lands that were still in major parts under Finnish paganism. Besides the Catholic Church, the colonisation was supported by the...
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    Norse religion, as well as certain new religious movements like modern paganism and Rastafari. Wikiquote has quotations related to Organized religion....
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  • Uralic neopaganism (category Uralic modern paganism)
    The Finnish native religion (Finnish: Suomenusko: "Finnish Faith"), or Finnish Neopaganism, is the contemporary Neopagan revival of Finnish paganism, the...
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    Tietäjä (category Finnish paganism)
    the Proto-Uralic language, probably denoted with the word *nojta (cf. Finnish noita 'witch' and Sámi noaidi). However, while tietäjä traditions clearly...
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    Lemminkäinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈlemːiŋˌkæi̯nen]) or Lemminki (pronounced [ˈlemːiŋki]) is a prominent figure in Finnish mythology. He is one of...
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    Ancient Greek religion, Ancient Roman religion Germanic paganism, Finnish Paganism, Norse paganism Maya religion, Inca religion, Aztec religion Neopaganism...
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    Ukonvasara (category Culture articles needing translation from Finnish Wikipedia)
    power to both heal and damage.[citation needed] Followers of modern Finnish paganism sometimes carry hammer or axe pendants around their necks, much like...
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  • Peijaiset (category Finnish paganism)
    Peijaiset (in dialectal forms peijahaiset, peijaat or peijaajaiset) is a Finnish concept, dating to pre-Christian times, denoting a memorial feast (akin...
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  • Ahti (category Pages with Finnish IPA)
    In Finnish mythology, Ahti (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈɑhti]) is a heroic character in folk poetry who is sometimes given the epithet Saarelainen (pronounced...
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  • Piru (spirit) (category Finnish legendary creatures)
    needed] "Piru" is also a mild swearword in Finnish. Haavio, Martti (1964). "The Oldest Source of Finnish Mythology: Birchbark Letter No. 292". Journal...
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    Polytheistic reconstructionism Romanian Slavic Uralic Estonian Modern Finnish paganism Hungarian Mari religion Erzyan native religion Sámi Udmurt Wicca Zalmoxianism...
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  • be planted from anywhere. Fylgja Hamingja Huginn and Muninn Luonto (Finnish paganism) Fravashi Guardian spirit (disambiguation) "Sacred Trees of Norway...
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    Modern paganism, also known as contemporary paganism and neopaganism, is a type of religion or family of religions influenced by the various historical...
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  • Loviatar (category Pages with Finnish IPA)
    Part I4 of Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot (SKVR), the corpus of Finnish folk songs (in Finnish). Wilfrid Bonser, "The Mythology of the Kalevala, with Notes...
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