Merry meet lovely people. It is Niina and you are watching Fairychamber channel.
Welcome back to mythmas..damn that sounds weird in Finnish!
For
the next 12 days I am going to tell a new myth every day
from different parts
of the world and most of them are connected to winter and/or winter solstice
in some ways.
Today I am going to share you three stories
from Finnish mythology that are somehow related to winter.
Or snow or ice.
If you have watched my previous videos
about Finnish myths
you might have heard some of these myths before.
Let´s start with the horse. In Finnish mythology Iku-Tihku was the first horse.
Iku-Tihku was made by the trolls
in an underground forge
inside a mountain..reminds me of the lord of the rings.
Iku-Tihku was made of ice and fire.
In Finnish folklore iku-Tihku
is a shamanic traveler.
Well..pretty much
everything in Finnish mythology and folklore
has something to do with shamanic journeying.
Iku-Tihku was
a magical horse.
God-like character who could travel between the different levels of
consciousness.
In Finnish mythology the world tree represents all the levels of consciousness.
It has three levels.
There is Keskinen, the middle world
where animals, humans and plants live.
That is where elemental spirits live and
all deities who rule those elements.
Tapio, Mielikki, Vellamo and so on.
Then there was Alinen
the underworld which in the beginning probably was not a concrete place.
It was a space within a space
where spirits waited their turn to be reborn.
It is based on the idea of the life inside a tree.
Where sap is constantly moving.
World tree is
a mental image
representing
the circle of life.
Then there was Ylinen where all the highest spirits lived.
Most respected deities. Ukko, Karhu, Ilmatar and so on.
It was a paradise like place.
Certain type of
Nirvana.
Iku-Tihku
this magical horse.
Horse-shaped god.
He could walk between all these levels.
In away he is
a shamanic archetype.
Representing the traveler.
Representing me or you or
someone else who is willing to travel between
different levels of consciousness.
In other words Ylinen can represent the higher self.
Alinen can represent the unconsciousness.
Keskinen is this
level of reality where wea are.
This is something very interesting in Finnish mythology.
In Finno-Ugric and Uralic-mythology.
This idea of the world tree
with three levels is very common among Finno-Ugric myths.
Iku-Tihku was able to travel
between all these three levels.
But he could only enter Keskinen, human world in winter.
Otherwise he would melt in the sun.
After all he was partially made of ice.
This made the trolls think.
So when they made more
horses they used Iku-Tihku as their model.
But they were made of iron and steel
and those horses could travel to Keskinen in all seasons.
This next myth is my personal favorite
what it comes to Finnish mythology.
That if this myth is Finnish or a Saami myth is not
clear since it comes from northern Finland (probably has elements from both cultures).
Still it´s very important
story to myself.
It´s the myth that tells the birth of the northern lights.
This myth is very well-known (at least in Finland).
Back in the days people
believed into this supernatural
creature called Tulikettu aka the fire fox.
Tulikettu created the northern lights.
Tulikettu was a magical fox.
Phoenix bird of all foxes.
There could only be one Tulikettu
fire fox at time exiting in the world.
Hunter´s dream was
to catch Tulikettu. It was believed that
if person managed to catch the Tulikettu
they would become very rich and happy for the rest of their life.
In Finland foxes were
hunted for their furs.
Hunting foxes was not easy.
They were (and are)very clever and great sense of smell.
Hunter
who managed to catch foxes
was believed to be a powerful shaman.
Person who would manage to catch
Tulikettu the fire fox would be the most powerful shaman of them all.
They would be Dumbledore or
Merlin or Väinämöinen
of all shamans. lol
Fire fox was a
...wondrous magical creature.
Who people wanted to catch.
It was believed that Tulikettu
ran free in the snowy mountains.
When it´s fur touched the snow
magical sparkles were born
and those sparkles reflected in to the skies as northern lights.
Tulikettu was always
running away from the hunters and no one
could catch it.
In away it represents primal forces of nature.
Northern lights in this legend
represent the need of
humans to catch this fox.
Trough that find the meaning of life.
Become illuminated. What ever you want to call. it.
Witness a miracle.
So this is a similar story to
the myth about the Phoenix bird from ancient Egypt and Greece.
No one could catch the fire fox.
But this story
it is based on reality and
science.
In freezing dry cold air
hair and fur can become
electrical.
That can create sparkles.
That was the...
inspiration for
this story.
Finnish word for northern lights
"revontulet" foxe´s fires come from this story
because "repo" is old Finnish and means fox.
Third and the last story this time
is about
the birth myth of the bear
and the bear goddess Mielikki in Finnish mythology.
Bears were worshiped as totem-animals
in countless hunting cultures
around the ancient world.
Ancient Finns were known to be bear worshipers
and bear worshiper
culture.
Several Finno-Ugric tribes in the
area of what is now known as Finland
and in Siberia were bear worshipers.
Similar bear worshiping myths can
be found from Ainu people of Japan and several native american tribes.
Inuits have lots of stories about the polar bear-god.
Bear was an important animal in several different cultures.
What I´ve researched Finnish folklore
I think I have come across at least
6 different myths about the birth of the bear.
The most well-known one is:
"where was the bear born?"
"where was the beast made?"
"By the moon, with the day, on the shoulders of the Plough"
"From there he was let down to earth, with silver strings in a golden cradle"
In Finnish mythology Mielikki and Tapio
are deities of forest and hunting.
They were the manifestations of the forest.
God and goddess of the forest
King and queen of the forest.
Mielikki was the goddess of hunting and
she was also the goddess of healing.
Certain type of mother goddess character as well.
When people were converted into
Catholism in the middle ages
Mielikki was turned into "forest-mary" metsä-maaria
She got more features from
Virgin Mary just because what it came to Finnish pagan deities
Mielikki was one of the
most beloved goddess among ancient Finns.
Loved by ancient Finnish pagans.
Before the arrival of Christianity.
According to this bear myth
Mielikki wanted to create an animal
who would be the most beloved animal
and the most worshiped and respected animal of all.
According to one myth Mielikki left Keskinen
the middle world and traveled
in to the night sky.
She passed moon and the sun (night and the day
who are personified as goddesses in Finnish mythology)
She traveled to the
"shoulder of the Plough"
Accordint to some sources "Otava" /"Plough" the brightest start of the bear constellation
was also personified as a female goddess (otavatar).
Then there are versions where Plough was a male deity.
There are also versions which tell that Mielikki
herself is the "Plough" / goddess of Otava.
When we are talking about
goddess archetypes.
All goddesses
can be seen as aspects of one goddess
This can make Mielikki
one aspect of the universal
mother goddess.
Mielikki can be Otavatar herself.
Anyway according to the story she traveled
to the Plough to get materials
and she brought them to the earth.
From stardust she created the bear and adopted him.
In Finnish mythology
both Mielikki and Tapio had ability to shape sift
themselves into bears.
So they are the bear deities of Finnish mythology.
Bear was sacred animal to Mielikki.
In Finnish folklore it was believed that
bear was a shaman
and a powerful witch.
One of the reasons behind that belief
was the fact that bear hibernated during the winter.
For hunters bear going into hibernation was a magical ritual.
Bear went to winter sleep in Autumn.
Then it would wake up each spring.
Bear cave represented the womb.
Where bear was
born again.
Hibernation was
solid proof for the hunters
about the rebirth.
Bear recarnated each year.
This is one of the reasons why bear was worshiped as a god.
In Finnish mythology Tapio is connected to winter and spring time.
It was believed that during winter and
spring Tapio cleaned all forests with
his snow storms.
Mielikki is
connected to autumn and summer.
She is goddess of the summer
and autumn. Since her name "mielu"
is old Finnish for good luck.
She represents prosperity
and abundance.
Which made he connected to warmth and harvest.
People loved Mielikki.
She was (and still is) one of the most beloved goddesses in all Finnish pantheon.
There is one very interesting superstition connected to Mielikki.
Because she was so heavily associated with hunting
and hunting luck
it was believed that during winter Mielikki also went to hibernation
same way as the bears.
Mielikki was also born again in spring.
Same way as bears were reborn (in people´s imaginations)
Mielikki is a
goddess who goes to winter sleep.
Maybe partially because of this
I find it difficult to connect with Mielikki around the winter time.
No problems during summer or autumn whatsoever.
Usually in winter and spring I either
work with Tapio or Louhi
who I meditate in my mind.
These were my stories today.
Give this video thumbs up
if you liked it.
Subscribe to my channel if you wish to learn new things about Finnish mythology
and remember to watch tomorrow´s Mythmas!
Bye bye )O(
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