Words Of Healing Power : * "Magic Songs of the West Finns, Vol. 2", by John Abercromby, [1898], WORDS OF HEALING POWER. 19. FOR STINGS FROM WASPS, GADFLIES, AND OTHER INSECTS. A Outrageous wasp! who bade thee do this evil deed, incited thee to a sneaking act, what fool made such a dolt of thee, what madman made thee so...
Untitled : * This is the second volume of Abercromby's Magic Songs of the West Finns, which contains the core text here, a translation of Lnnrot's Suomen Kansan muinaisia Loitsurunoja, 'Bygone Magic Songs of the Finns.' Lnnrot was the scholar who pieced together the Kalevala, the national epic of Finl...
Formulae : * "Magic Songs of the West Finns, Vol. 2", by John Abercromby, [1898], p. 150 FORMUL. 59. DIVINATION FORMUL. A I crave from the Creator leave, assistance from the Lord I beg, from heaven's ruler ("haltia"), breaker of the earth's surface, this I wish. Tell the divining-gear ("arpa"), O God...
Prayers : * "Magic Songs of the West Finns, Vol. 2", by John Abercromby, [1898], PRAYERS. 110. IN THE MORNING. Welcome! for showing thy countenance, for dawning forth, thou golden Sun, for rising now, thou 'morning star'! From under the waves thou hast escaped, hast mounted above the clumps of firs, like...
Origins : * "Magic Songs of the West Finns, Vol. 2", by John Abercromby, [1898], ORIGINS (F. BIRTHS). 183. THE ORIGIN OF WASPS. A maid was sitting on a stone, on a rock a woman ("kapo") had set herself, she is brushing her hair, is arranging her head. One of the maiden's hairs fell down, one of the woman's...
Title Page : * "Magic Songs of the West Finns, Vol. 2", by John Abercromby, [1898], THE PRE- AND PROTO-HISTORIC FINNS BOTH EASTERN AND WESTERN WITH THE MAGIC SONGS OF THE WEST FINNS BY THE HONOURABLE JOHN ABERCROMBY COR. MEMBER OF THE FINNO-UGRIAN SOCIETY Facies adversa tympani VOL. II. Published By David Nutt...
Magic Songs Of The Finns : * "Magic Songs of the West Finns, Vol. 2", by John Abercromby, [1898], p. 62 p. 63 THE MAGIC SONGS OF THE FINNS p. 64 p. 65 THE MAGIC SONGS OF THE FINNS 1. PRELIMINARY. A How at such time is one to speak, and how should one interrogate when a time of danger is at hand, a day of jeopardy impends...
Chapter Vii. Charms Of The East Finns, Russians : * "Magic Songs of the West Finns, Vol. 2", by John Abercromby, [1898], p. 1 PRE- AND PROTO-HISTORIC FINNS CHAPTER VII CHARMS OF THE EAST FINNS, RUSSIANS, LETTS, ETC. We have now to deal more especially with the text of the Magic Songs, to explain their purport, to examine their form, and compare...