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The End 10 Feb 2013 | 08:45 am
I’ve been meaning to make a post about this, but I keep forgetting. I have decided to no longer update this blog. I don’t have access to scholarly books and I don’t have any opportunities to go to eve...
Kalevala in Japanese 7 Dec 2012 | 05:53 am
Currently I’m tackling the Kalevala in Japanese. I’ve already read the Eddas in Japanese, which was difficult, but fun to read at the same time. I looked in the mythology section of the bookstore, but...
Kekri Recipes 29 Oct 2012 | 10:14 am
Kekri is coming up on November 1st. I was supposed to celebrate it today with a friend, but he got called into work, and I’m not feeling all too well anyway. This year is a bit unfortunate for me, bec...
Positive Endings 28 Sep 2012 | 08:59 am
In many religions, a lot of people become fixated on the so-called end of the world. In particular, people have been doing so this year with the 2012 prophecy. I’ve mentioned before on here that I enj...
On Names 30 Aug 2012 | 05:27 pm
I thought I’d make an entry explaining a bit about why I use the terms I do. There is a glossary of course, but some terms and grammar patterns may not be clear to people. I chose to use “Suomenusko” ...
Tomorrow’s Holiday 12 Jul 2012 | 09:08 pm
Tomorrow (July 13th) is one of the major holidays of the year: Karhunpäivä. It’s nice to be celebrating another holiday so soon. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to collect flowers due to work, so I may h...
Ukon juhla 8 Jun 2012 | 08:51 am
I’m looking forward to the upcoming holiday, Ukon juhla, otherwise known as Juhannus since Christianity barged in, or Midsummer. It is the day when night is the shortest, and this year it falls on the...
The State of Things 23 May 2012 | 02:32 am
I wondered when I moved away from Finland, what my religious practice would become; if I would move away from it. I talked about in past posts of how I thought it would be difficult to practice suomen...
Good Article 4 Apr 2012 | 01:59 am
And another update, because I just noticed that the online magazine Odroerir has a new issue up, which contains an article on Finnish paganism that one of my friends wrote. It’s going to be a two-part...
Haltija in Japan 4 Apr 2012 | 12:33 am
A recent comment on here gave me some inspiration to talk about haltija in Japan, aka kami. I find a lot of similarities between Shinto and Suomenusko. The main part of it being that it’s very much ti...
