Product details:
ISBN13: | 9781108082532 |
ISBN10: | 110808253X |
Binding: | Paperback |
No. of pages: | 422 pages |
Size: | 216x140 mm |
Language: | English |
Illustrations: | 1 b/w illus. |
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The Pre- and Proto-Historic Finns, Both Eastern and Western
With the Magic Songs of the West Finns
Edition number and title: Volume 2
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 31 July 2020
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Short description:
This two-volume 1898 work surveys the history of the Finno-Ugric peoples, from the Finns to tribes of Russia and Siberia.
Long description:
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.
Table of Contents:
7. Charms of the east Finns, Russians, Letts, etc.; The magic songs of the Finns; Words of healing power; Formulae; Prayers; Origins or births; Index.