Tietäjä

Tietäjä (Finnish: Knower) were shamans in the pagan tradition of the Baltic Finns.[1] Remnants of this shamanic tradition persisted among the Forest Finns as late as the twentieth century.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tietäjä". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
  2. ↑ "The Forest Finns as Transmitters of Finnish Culture From Savo Via Central Scandinavia to Delaware" (PDF). Associated University Presses, Inc. Retrieved 2013-07-12.
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