Sinihameet Kultavyöt – Blue Skirts, Golden Belts Finnish Viking Age Textiles
In October 2003 I had the chance to visit the fascinating exhibit of ancient Finnish textiles, in Tampere, Finland.… Read more...
Blue Skirts Golden Belts
Paivatar: blpaivatar
Paivatar – Finland – Goddess of Spinning, Weaving and the Sun
She was called ‘competent maid’ or ‘resplendent of the shaft-bow of the sky.’… Read more...
Book Store Kalevala -books
The Kalevala: An Epic Poem after Oral Tradition by Elias Lönnrot (Oxford World’s Classics)
Keith Bosley’s Kalevala is a poet’s translation of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lönnrot from Finnish and Karelian oral folklore and mythology.… Read more...
Blue Skirts and Golden Belts
In October 2003 I had the chance to visit the fascinating exhibit of ancient Finnish textiles, in Tampere, Finland.
The Sinihameet kultavyöt
exhibit featured both textile fragments found at various archaeological gravesites from the Viking Age in Finland, and modern recreations of those textiles.… Read more...
