“ ^eteres j Fenni supe.rstitiöhe « 4a .ét idololatria priinüm
bantur. ufdSes naturafes prseê'tarüiorès^utpote,'sénsjbus q’feyias^
solem-,tvidelieet, Innam, stellasjfterram, motftbè.^mariajS* fontesj
siivas.!etlapid.es.;quibus-,ob proprietates admirabilesphaenome-
naque s i n g u l a r i a b b nsumad solex illifvrèd unda-ffteto, Diyi-
-qnasdam ^e^§e$,.pntabant. Deinde letiam .poeticfi-
quadam fic tinne, jpsisS'' pheenomenis, Iquoruffi. % cap stag./non
satisl perspMébant, euitum divinum tribuëb ant,.iatqaps in- perT
sonas1quasi peculidres .commütabant, qdod etiam- morbis et ^
morti| ipsir .contigit. Hsec'omniaj ritlbusÉ qaibusdam_*c^fer,
bant et procibus sibi conciliare. studebant. Significat hoe
Agrieola.iri memotato supra carminepsicscahens.. ••
Palweltin myösqmlj'o ïnuuta
Ki wet, kanna^ tahdet ja kuuta.
• Colebantur et multa alia,
Lapides, stipites, stellas ét luna.’’ •
_MHRühs makes the foHqwing comment upojti thi^desbtmqny
of. Lenequist::^“ The old religion o f' th e'Finnsswa& J r& ;sFepE -
ejsip, that is, each individual held the ohjeet.wfeeh he-ifirst”
mef for his god^and addressed to, ijt his (dferings^andhprayfErr^
h a changed the object ^as caprice or/accident, led .him to
-doubt ipf its potency. - The master of a 1 lo u se 'óftea^cslji-
Wished h isjc tish as: a family god, ,and ,£h&-
would sometipaeslexalt it to the rank of a national fdiviuife.
Thus the objects o f; general / adöWlaön' actjrffl
larity; and as the tribe improved in mental culture/the phenomena
of nature were personified, which" is the first, step in-
the progress from feticism to mythology/7 •
It^seems that the tecSent Finns worshipped a plurality' $fi
gods under the napae of lupnalafi Thisyvord is tjie plurajform '
of Iumala, god, which thus appears not to be a proper name
as some have supposed it to be.
The Finns worshipped the su n ; and the fbllowingisa trans*
latioh ;given by Lencquist/of thé runot by which the rising
sun was invoked :
Affer veniens munera tua tecum,
Affer plènam nobis salutem,
Promove praedam ad captum, 1
Fortnnam. Rd-hamuin noteutn dirige,
- Optata ad pollicis nostri apicem.
Atridh^tfie stars-tfill wIsl^llatiM^df the* Great Bear received
pVeti-lfir -hd^urs. ^o^mbufit1 fib 't b ^ ’hdfiidets 'of Otawainen
qr'’thb^!^ e 'd tvBbkb^fi^khis'1n' th^%ld"'^^bgk >u to be exalted
«9 'the wife1 df Otawainen
artd^lle ■dail^fit^i'^f tlle^sun^^hW^hs^ibvoked for the
iitd len% m ^ nightly
thie^esll^Tih^ fedrtfr^ bccfirclm^% h^nfcqiMl%,‘ 'was worshipped^
FifiriiSK * na$oni/*r< ]^fiu%lair^ ahd^rfiat stcfhes were
invoked b‘oth^t)%‘^fll^FinM'abd''the5 . Of sllch Sacred
mb i f i i t a i h ' s l k h d i ^ f f f i n L?iplahdr?iind name of
1 Pas^cwafo^l^d t^ F ^ fis in- - FinnlandV"bii 1ja* promontory
t e r m e d ^ w i t h four
sif/eat/‘s to if i effected^inra^^uOTe.' DakJgT river^A^eata.ra.et s,
fohfiSairfe^we/i*e' held 'saBred^^^-thfe^ofierifigs formerly-'pre^
Merited iaw s u c h i^ ^ ^ ^ tih ' /‘-‘riu ^ lh lbu^.sire foundin great
number.su; Grovbs and Oven particular n ert;' likcvYisg
consecrated .'land wHrsfiipp'ddl Thfi'^inds ull^v^’efe invoked
-in ^ e ^F ib n is^ fin ^ g cularly fit's1 ^otfth Snd north winds.
^iJfNSScli* w ad!&reV^ed?'bytdtepi?e<^«or|HJy^/
Uicfori4ti c4)f\1)V’^!vl f’t . # Divinity was1
& rib sd tW ^ ip ed ^ ,« an d -they %ere5subject' to-a goddess whi
\w$s »s^led^the daughter -off)eafh,' and was invoked in times of
-lin g e r,f Death itself was a-gQddess, :and named' 'Tuoni or
JVturta.: she.ruled lover Tuonala,pr Hades. ^
There vyere other objects of worship among .flie Finns, the
nature o f which is-not so obviously p h ^ ’cal, and by some they
« TW föllo-wTn^ fe 'the' L&tin vérsfonJ'pf,t'heêe verses,- of which the, Fipnish orig^
«al is given b y - L ë n c q u ï s t ! >• y l
, Fackanen, Puharin (puhurin)poikp,‘\,t
Ala kylpia kynsiani,
{. - Ala paatâni palele
Kyll’ on fetillk kylmiîimst& '
Kylm ëù soi taÿ kyltfia i >
Kylma puita ja pékjlijp, I
Kylma kowia kiwia, fiici
•j- By the foliowing invocaljon: *
Frigas flamin is, (Boreæ) flit Ï
adurere tingues meos,
Noli'caput meum frigefacere ;
Satis lïabes quojtgeles.' ,,
Gela palüdek,’ gelatesquè;
,Geja arbores etlfrutices, 1
Gela duros lapides.
' ".'Mörbuk'Puêlla, tnortis virgo’,
Morbos Ïcaptivös faetbs ibcluditb
In variegatum -vas,"- :
,In ,splendi.dam capsapa...; .