Northern European Mythology
Magic Songs of the West Finns, Vol. I: Contents
Magic Songs of the West Finns, Vol. I, by John Abercromby, [1898]
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| Value of Additional Letters of the Alphabet | xiii |
| Full Titles of Books consulted and referred to | xiv |
| Illustrations | xxiii |
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| CHAPTER I | |
| GEOGRAPHICAL, POSITION AND CRANIOLOGY OF THE FINNS | |
| Geographical Position of the Western Finns | 3 |
| Geographical Position of the Eastern Finns | 7 |
| The Čudes | 13 |
| Physical Features of the Country | 15 |
| Physical and Mental Characteristics of the Finns | 17 |
| The Mordvins | 21 |
| The Čeremis | 26 |
| The Votiaks | 28 |
| Permians and Zịrians | 29 |
| Table I. | 32 |
| Finnish Crania | 33 |
| Tables II. and III. | 34, 35 |
| Crania from the Baltic Provinces | 40 |
| Table IV. | 42 |
| Table V. | 45 |
| Table VI. | 47 |
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| CHAPTER II | |
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| The Neolithic Age in Finland | 53 |
| Neolithic Man or the Shores of Lake Ladoga and Eastwards | 58 |
| Table VII. | 59 |
| The Station of Kolomtsị | 65 |
| Finds in Olónets | 66 |
| The Valley of the Oká | 68 |
| The Valley of the Volga | 73 |
| The Government of Viátka | 76 |
| The Government of Perm | 78 |
| Neolithic Period in the Baltic Provinces | 80 |
| General Conclusions | 84 |
| The Bronze Age in Finland | 87 |
| The Bronze Age in Northern Russia | 89 |
| Fatianovo Crania | 92 |
| The Bronze Age in the Baltic Provinces | 95 |
| The Transition from Bronze to Iron | 96 |
| The Earlier Iron Age in Finland | 101 |
| The Earlier Iron Age in the Baltic Provinces | 103 |
| Table VIII. facing | 109 |
| The Earlier Iron Age in Eastern Russia | 117 |
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| CHAPTER III | |
| Historical Notices of Classical Authors, etc. | 126 |
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| CHAPTER IV | |
| THE PREHISTORIC CIVILISATION OF THE FINNS | |
| The Gods and Divinities | 150 |
| Clan Gods | 162 |
| Beliefs, Wizards | 168 |
| Ancestral Worship | 176 |
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| The Family | 179 |
| Classifactory System of Relationship | 185 |
| Mutual Avoidance | 194 |
| Personal Names | 195 |
| The House, Domestic Occupations, etc. | 197 |
| The Metals | 204 |
| Domestic Animals | 213 |
| Tree-Names | 222 |
| Reasons for supposing that the Finns have been in Europe since the beginning of the Neolithic Period in North Central Russia | 224 |
| Table IX., showing the Range of forty-nine Culture-Words | 225 |
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| CHAPTER V | |
| The Third or Iranian Period | 228 |
| The Volga, the old Trade Route | 239 |
| The Fourth or Lithuanian Period | 242 |
| The Fifth or Proto-Scandinavian Period | 249 |
| Geographical Position of the West Finns at this time | 255 |
| The Sixth or Early Slav Period | 257 |
| The Seventh or Tatar Period | 260 |
| Loan-Words of the Mordvins | 261 |
| Loan Words of the Čeremis | 264 |
| Loan-Words of the Votiaks | 266 |
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| CHAPTER VI | |
| BELIEFS OF THE WEST FINNS AS EXHIBITED IN THE MAGIC SONGS | |
| Spirits | 271 |
| Ukko | 273 |
| Ilmarinen | 278 |
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| Väinämöinen | 280 |
| Tapio and the Divinities of the Forest | 285 |
| Hiisi | 292 |
| Lempo | 299 |
| Water-Spirits—Ahti, Vellamo, etc. | 300 |
| Earth-Spirits, Sämpsä Pellervoinen | 302 |
| Luonto (Nature)—Luonnotar | 306 |
| Maidens of the Air, of Springs, etc. | 309 |
| Pohjola | 314 |
| Lapland, Turja | 318 |
| Personifications of Death—Kalma, Tuoni, Mana | 320 |
| Sun, Moon, Great Bear | 323 |
| Elves, Brownies | 326 |
| Giants—Tursas, Turilas | 328 |
| Rahkoi | 329 |
| Perkele, Piru | 329 |
| God, the Creator | 331 |
| Jesus, Mary | 335 |
| Saints | 339 |
| Kaleva | 341 |
| Wizards, Sorcerers, etc. | 344 |
| Disease | 348 |
| Inducements to depart | 349 |
| Places whither Diseases are conjured | 351 |
| Instruments | 353 |
| Defensive Precautions | 354 |
| Helpers | 355 |
| Precedents | 358 |
| Blessing and Cursing | 359 |
| Offerings, Worship | 362 |