The Materiality of Finnish Folk Magic: Objects in the Collections of the National Museum of Finland

In Finland the material aspects of magic have long been of marginal interest to scholars. Still, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries several magical objects were gathered into museums, in addition to the archived vast folklore collections describing magic practices. The latter h...

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Main Author: Hukantaival, Sonja (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis [2018]
In: Material religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 183-198
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Finland / Folk religion / Magical thinking / Materiality
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
Further subjects:B Folk Religion
B Finland
B magic objects
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