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Dauidin Psaltari (The Psalter of David), verse preface
Mikael Agricola · 1551 · Finnish
Ancient text
Dauidin Psaltari (The Psalter of David), verse preface
Mikael Agricola
The Lutheran reformer Agricola's Finnish Psalter opens with a rhymed list of the 'idols' formerly worshipped by the Tavastians and Karelians, the earliest written source for many Finnish deities, among them Tapio, Ahti, Väinämöinen, Ilmarinen, and Ukko.
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The Lutheran reformer Agricola's Finnish Psalter opens with a rhymed list of the 'idols' formerly worshipped by the Tavastians and Karelians, the earliest written source for many Finnish deities, among them Tapio, Ahti, Väinämöinen, Ilmarinen, and Ukko.
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