Songs of Creation among the Fenno-Ugrians around the Baltic

A considerable body of folk-poetry recorded, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, in Estonia and Finland, as well as among the Ingrians then inhabiting the area between these nations,' features the laying of bird eggs which yield cosmic products, in one category the earth itself. Let us first turn our attention to the Estonian song of eggcreation, which in fundamental aspects stands apart from the others. The basic general pattern of this song can be outlined as follows

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• Mythic Discourses

  Open Access•Markku Haakana, T Kaartinen et al.•Mythic Discourses•2012

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