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March 2023

March 30, 2023
Dreamcatchers are iconic, well-known symbols within Native American cultures. The tradition of dreamcatchers originates from...
March 23, 2023
Spirits around us ​The worldview of the ancient Finnish tribes was animistic and it was...
March 16, 2023
Day of the Snakes ​In Pre-Christian times people across the northern hemisphere celebrated the spring...
March 09, 2023
The Reindeer People Saami are the native inhabitants of Lapland in Sweden, Finland, Norway and...
March 09, 2023
World of the Islanders Let´s dive into the mermaid myths of Polynesian islands. It is...
March 02, 2023
Origins of the Sea Folk Stories of the seafolk have been told around the world...
March 02, 2023
The Cosmic Egg ​When we study creation myths from ancient cultures and civilisations the cosmic...

February 2023

February 23, 2023
Living In Balance With Nature ​Saami people are the native people of northern Europe. Saami...
February 16, 2023
The Mermaid ​Finland is a very forestry country, so it is no surprise that mermaid...
February 09, 2023
The roots of Valentine´s Day lead all the way to the pagan festival of Lupercalia...
February 02, 2023
Fairies​ of the Baltic Lands Baltic fairy is known as lauma (singular) (plural laumas). Worship of...

January 2023

January 19, 2023
The region of the Saami reaches from the northern coast of Norway to the Kuola...
January 05, 2023
​Saami people are the native people of northern Europe. There are Saami living in Sweden,...

December 2022

December 29, 2022
Who are the Inuits? ​Inuits are the indigenous people of the Arctic. You can find...
December 22, 2022
Happy New Year ​In Russia, the Julian calendar is in use so the Russian New...
December 15, 2022
Yule Log Yule Log tradition originates from Norway. It was part of rituals that were...
December 08, 2022
  The Imp of Winter In English folklore, Jack Frost is the imp of winter,...
December 01, 2022
​Throughout history, people in the northern hemisphere celebrated the Winter solstice between December 21st and...

November 2022

November 24, 2022
The Devil In Latvian myths, fairy tales and folklore, devil is not an evil character....
November 17, 2022
  In pre-Christian Finland, celebrations were connected to the land and the wheel of the...
November 10, 2022
Stories from Estonia encourage people to examine their connection to nature and respect the invisible...
November 03, 2022
​In ancient Finland, there were all kinds of festivities connected to the autumn time. This...
November 02, 2022
In the ancient world, people could find pagan shrines and temples in every larger city...

October 2022

October 27, 2022
  Abjumidas In Latvia festival, Abjumidas - began the autumn season. Abjumidas was celebrated to...
October 20, 2022
​Kekri (also known as Köyri) was one of the biggest pagan holidays celebrated in ancient...
October 15, 2022
Throughout time there have been millions of gods and goddesses that people have worshipped around...

January 2022

January 12, 2022
Archetypes of the mother and the grandmother are some of the most sacred ones in...
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