Stories
Kettu | Fox | Vulpes vulpes
Red, bushy-tailed Fox meanders seamlessly between the wild and the urban, leaving glistening tracks in the winter snow. In Finnish folk poetry, Fox is the witch’s clever familiar, and gathered...
Kettu | Fox | Vulpes vulpes
Red, bushy-tailed Fox meanders seamlessly between the wild and the urban, leaving glistening tracks in the winter snow. In Finnish folk poetry, Fox is the witch’s clever familiar, and gathered...
Karhu | Bear | Ursus arctos
The great power animal of northern peoples, the Bear is the symbol for many clans. In Finnish mythology, Bear is the king of the forest, a god who descended from...
Karhu | Bear | Ursus arctos
The great power animal of northern peoples, the Bear is the symbol for many clans. In Finnish mythology, Bear is the king of the forest, a god who descended from...
Joutsen | Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus
The Whooper Swan—Finland’s national bird—represents purity and beauty. It is central to Baltic Finnish mythology, representing the cosmos as it dives underwater through the realm of the dead, travels through...
Joutsen | Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus
The Whooper Swan—Finland’s national bird—represents purity and beauty. It is central to Baltic Finnish mythology, representing the cosmos as it dives underwater through the realm of the dead, travels through...
Hirvi | Elk | Alces alces
Elk came to Finland following the melting glacial edge of the previous ice age, followed shortly by humans. The boats that first sailed our ancient wild lakes had elks carved...
Hirvi | Elk | Alces alces
Elk came to Finland following the melting glacial edge of the previous ice age, followed shortly by humans. The boats that first sailed our ancient wild lakes had elks carved...
