%0 Article %T The forest in Finnish folk lore %A Virtanen, Pekka %D 1987 %J Silva Fennica %V 21 %N 4 %R doi:10.14214/sf.a15493 %U https://silvafennica.fi/article/5336 %X
Several views to forest’s role in the Finnish folklore are presented. They clearly show how many important dimensions forests have had in Finnish life. Descriptions concentrate on forest-related traditions of ancient times. They give a basis to examining the role of forests in the modern Finnish mind.
The paper is based on a lecture given in the seminar 'The forest as a Finnish cultural entity’, held in Helsinki in 1986. The PDF includes a summary in English.