Author: John Abercromby
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Category : Findland
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Author: John Abercromby
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465593209
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 896
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In this country the term Finn is generally restricted to the natives of Finland, with perhaps those of Esthonia thrown in. But besides these Western Finns there are other small nationalities in Central and Northern Russia, such as the Erza and Mok_a Mordvins, the _eremis, Votiaks, Permians, and Z_rians, to whom the term is very properly applied, though with the qualifying adjectiveÑEastern. Except by Folklorists, little attention is paid in Great Britain to these peoples, and much that is written of them abroad finds no response here, the 'silver streak' acting, it would seem, as a non-conductor to such unsensational and feeble vibrations. Although the languages of the Eastern and Western Finns differ as much perhaps among themselves as the various members of the Aryan group, the craniological and physical differences between any two Finnish groups is very much less than between the Latin and the Teutonic groups, for instance. All the Finns live nearly under the same latitudes, and in pre- and proto-historic times, which are not so very remote, the differences in customs, religious and other beliefs, could not have been very great. This is important; it allows us to supplement what is missing or defective in one Finnish group by what is more complete in another, with far greater certainty than when dealing under similar circumstances with the Aryan-speaking groups. In the first five chapters of the first volume I have tried, with the combined aid of craniology, arch¾ology, ethnography, and philology, brought up to date, to sketch as succinctly as possible the pre- and proto-historic history of the Eastern and Western Finns, showing the various stages of civilisation to which they successively advanced after contact with higher civilisations, at different periods of their evolution from neolithic times to the middle ages. Chapters six and seven contain an analysis of the beliefs of the Western Finns, so far as they can be gathered from the text of the Magic Songs in the second volume; and a perusal of them will facilitate the comprehension of the Magic Songs themselves. The second volume, containing 639 magic songs, some of considerable length, classed under 233 headings, is a translation of a very large portion of the Suomen kansan muinaisia Loitsurunoja, edited and published by the late Dr. Lšnnrot in 1880. As the translation was made for Folklorists it is as literal as possible, without additions, without subtractions, and the vocabulary employed is in conformity with the subject, with the humble social status and homely surroundings of the original composers. The metre of the original is the same as in the Kalevala, which cannot be reproduced in a language like English, where the ictus of the metre has to coincide with the natural stress-accent of the words. But where it could be done without loss of exactness a certain rhythm, generally three beats to a line, is given in the translation, though to save space the lines are printed in prose form.
Author: John Abercromby
Publisher: Blurb
ISBN: 9780368067297
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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The Finns possess a considerable number of words and epithets for wizard, sorcerer, witch, seer, ecstatic and the like. Some of these are native words like noita 'a sorcerer, ' tieto-mies or tietaja 'the knower, ' loitsija 'the reciter of a magic song (loitsu), arpoja 'a diviner, ' nakija 'a seer, ' myrrys-mies or into-mies 'an ecstatic, ' lumoja 'a stupefier, ' lukija 'a reciter, ' katselija 'an observer, ' laulu-mies 'a song-man, ' ampuja 'an archer, ' kukkaro-mies a bag-man.' Others are of foreign origin like mahti-mies or mahtaja (Goth.) mahts or Sw. magt 'might, ' taikuri 'he that uses taika ' (Goth.) taikns 'a token, a wonder, ' velho 'a witch, ' is probably an early Slav loan, while a latter one is poppa-mies 'priest-man' from the Rus. pop. Though between these appellations no hard and fast line can be drawn, dividing them into good and bad categories, yet on the whole, injurious or black magic would generally be the work of the noita, the ampuja, the velho, and the kukkaro-mies. Beneficial or white magic, like the great bulk of the Magic Songs, was used for ejecting evil spirits of disease, etc., and would be practised by a loitsija, a tietaja, a lukija, or a laulu-mies; in some instances by a lumoja, nakija or an arpoja. Yet we have an example of an exorcist terming himself a noita and a Lapp (12 b). As a rule there is nothing in a Magic Song to show what sort of wizard the reciter of it might be; so as his function is to drive away disease, I shall term him t
Author: John Abercromby
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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This is the first volume of John Abercromby's extensive study of Finnish magic songs and their background. First he details the history, ethnography and linguistics of the Finns, indeed, constructs a century-long history of the entire Finno-ugric group from the evolution of vocabulary. Finally in the last (long) chapter he gets to the first part of the exposition of the 'magic songs.' This is a summary of the various characters in the songs including a whole range of Finnish gods, goddesses, heroes, wizards, nature-spirits, and so on. He also goes into detail about Finnish Shamanistic practices, including drumming, trance ceremonies, and guide spirits.
Author: John Abercromby
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108082532
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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The fifth Baron Abercromby (1841-1924), a soldier and keen archaeologist, published this two-volume work in 1898. His interest in the prehistory of Europe covers both physical remains (his two-volume 1912 work on British and Irish Beaker pottery is also reissued in this series) and ethnographic issues. Using the resources of archaeology, anthropology, linguistics and folklore, this work surveys the history of the Finno-Ugric peoples, the familiar 'Western Finns' (Finns and Estonians), and the less well known 'Eastern Finns', who include various tribes in northern Russia and Siberia. Volume 2 focuses on the language of charms and so-called 'magic songs' which the different tribes used to explain the origins of the natural world, to heal the sick, to prosper their undertakings (including quite mundane activities such as making skates or baking bread), and to guard against harm from terrestrial and supernatural dangers.
Author: John Abercromby
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016576796
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: John Abercromby
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Category : Finland
Languages : en
Pages : 363
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Author: John Abercromby Abercromby
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015932388
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: John Abercromby
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781340723965
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Author: John Abercromby Baron Abercromby
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781013769641
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Languages : en
Pages : 436
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