Updates for Kultapyörä/Golden Wheel
I have expanded the pages of holy sites and 20th century tietäjät by quite plenty. I added a page for Finnish historical timeline, and ones for the folktales of Laurukainen, Heinonen in Käkisaari, and a Battle of Shamans. More epithets for Päivätär and Louhi, more info on Veteinen. New blog post and a new webring launched.
Started working on a flora section in cosmology, added incantations for hunting otters and reindeer as well as berry picking and milk luck and making leather and pottery, new blog post, page made for Hongatar and Laurukainen in deities and heroes, new page for quotes and anecdotes I like in other info, an essay on the connection of Louhi and Maatar in deities, added the myth Fishing of a Maiden of…
Oops I was too lazy to mark updates for three weeks. First of all, HAPPY MIDSUMMER or Ukonjuhla! I added epithets onto the pages of most deities. I added the runosongs for Origin of the Stone, Origin of Beer, Origin of Rheumatism, Origin of Noita/Shaman, Son of Väinämöinen, and the Berry Song. Added more alternate versions to the Knee Wound of Väinämöinen. The folktale about some of the first…
New blog post, new folktale "Warrior Maiden", two ballads "The Russian, the Foe" and "The Daughters of Mana Scold Me", the myths "Origin of Fire" and "Lifting Fire up to the Skies", and an incantation for igniting the northern lights. In cosmology, a page for fate. I might have forgot to mention earlier I added "other information" into the navigation. Now I also added a forum in case there are…
In the navigation, a new section for "later folktales": folktales which are mostly prose but include some runosong lines. I added more to "kade" in glossary explaining how it's similar to the evil eye. In cosmology, added a page for "fate". In deities and heroes, added pages for Kihovauhkonen and Leävätär.
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 information about witch hunts in Finnish history. Added more resources in Finnish, English, and... Latin. I started writing about marriage in rituals, but that section is…
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 ownfor 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, as well as the ballad Sing, My Wretched Tongue, and incantation for greeting the new Moon was added to incantations (it used to only be on the rituals page). I also…
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 competition against Joukahainen, The Knee Wound of Väinämöinen, The Song of Vipunen, and The Awakening of Sämpsä. I also added more "subcategories" in the myths page so…
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 Celestial Lights, Origin of Iron, and The Forging of Ilmarinen.
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 the sea) as well as Tiera. I also added some... anti-Nazi stuff on the front page. At first, I thought I wouldn't need to do that as Finnish pagan spaces are not…
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 bit of an unclear situation). In myths, I added the Ski Hunting of the Moose of Hiisi.
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 Ukko". Oh, and also! The little info we have on Köndös is also in deities.
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 of the Golden Wheel Oak, and incantations for Löyly and Shrove Tuesday. Added Tuuletar/Tuuliainen and Lempo to creatures. More links in Links! Had to create a FAQ…
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 elsewhere so I made a FAQ section. Also added a photo of a Kallohonka to the holy sites page.
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.
Reworked the navigation, and added a new section for "cosmology and belief" and there two pages: "dualism" and "gender and sexuality".
Big update here, I changed the link colours and everything so I'd be able to see something. Added a new section for locations and there, Pohjola, and added a page for Lemminkäinen. I also added a new section below that features a runosong incantation thatchange every month if I got this javascript to work properly... I also added extra information on Päivätär's page.
Added pages for Etelätär, Otavatar and Louhi. Also amendended the front page text below on request.
Added a new section for festivals and rituals, but it's still under construction. Also added a page for Kärehetär.
Added the page for Sämpsä Pellervoinen, as well as Mielikki and Tapio. I'm not sure if I'm satisfied with the latter and might expand on it later. Also added into on Tapionpöytä in the holy sites.
Added the page for Väinämöinen which was a lot of workkkkkk so I'm sure I'm missing something and will need to add later! Also added new images for Päivätär, Kuutar, and Vellamo and Ahti.