Of Airy Virgins and Warring Poets (and Other Lore of Finland)

"Ugric is not, as at first I thought, perhaps because of the inflection with which I heard it spoken, a burp," confesses our roving mythographer Peter Kohler. "Much less is Finno-Ugric a fine burp; rather, it is the name given to a group of languages spoken in portions of Northern Europe and Western Russia. Among these, of course, is Finnish, which was spoken and sung long before there was ever a Finland. Unless you live there, however, these matters may not be all that clear to you." Read more...