Kultapyörä
Kultapyörä
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This website is made of my essays regarding Finnish pre-Christian religion, using scholarly sources while adding my own commentary as well.
Latest Posts
Small edits: I've added maps to multiple pages on creatures, myths, and the glossary. I added images of the Northern maiden. I changed the navigation and it now has a section for "other information", in which there is a page for...
Added a page for Soini in heroes, a new ballad Song of a Shaman, and new incantations related to väki, haltijat and luonto. New blog post.
I started my own Zonelets blog for writing that I feel like don't fit the rest of this website.
I feel like my translation quality has been poor lately, but I kind of don't care. So now there are myths for the Death of Lemminkäinen, the Song of Lemminkäinen (+ Väinämöinen's journey to Pohjola), and the Drinking Party of Saariala,...
I got to meet some pagans irl, I'm pretty excited so I'm telling you *heart*. Anyways, first of all in deities, we now have a page for Hyytämöinen and Lievetyinen (winter and summer). Then, I translated plenty more myths: Runosong...
First of all, I added more to Louhi's page: a little bit of info on her in Tavastian (Häme, Pirkanmaa) runosongs. In deities, I made a page for Kuohutar/Kosketar. In myths, I translated runosongs of the Nine diseases, The Release of the...
In my spirit of being slightly controversial, I combined the pages of forest god Hiisi and male Tapio. As requested, I made a page for Tursas/Turilas, but that led me to side tangents and I also added pages for Uros (mythic saviour from...
Woohoo, this website is now listed on powRSS! I also made a webgarden for it which you can find on the info page. And I also added more links there. In deities, I added a page for "Hiisi" as he appears as forest deity and giant (it's a...
Added an additional glossary for traditional clothing (link in the glossary page). Added a page for the world pillar, Sammas, as well as tietäjä in cosmology. In deities, I added an additional essay of mine on the supposed "wife of...
Added a Glossary which I should've probably started with, lol. Added information about Saari in Locations. Added information about Juoletar in Deities. Added myths of The Island at the Center of the World and Birth of Kaleva, the ballad...
Divided runosongs into myths and ballads for now, and added translation for the ballad of Iivari Kojonen. Added a page for Joukahainen in deities and heroes, and for Rahkonen in creatures. Encountered some frustrating assumptions...
Huge expansion on Maahiset page, added pages for Kivutar, Kaleva and Kullervo in deitties and heroes, and for Liekkiö in creatures. Additional resources linked in Links.
Added pages for deity Aarni, and creatures Sinipiiat, Mettänneitty and Maahiset.
Added Väinölä/Ulappala and Tapiola/Mehtola into the Locations.
Added Väinölä/Ulappala and Tapiola/Mehtola into the Locations.