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Peijaiset (in
dialectal forms peijahaiset,
peijaat or peijaajaiset) is a
Finnish concept,
dating to pre-Christian times,
denoting a
memorial feast (akin...
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primordial mother of all men. This
relationship was
reflected in the
ritual of
Peijaiset, in
which the bear
spirit was
symbolically returned to its
family through...
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beliefs of the Finns.
Peijaiset,
which was a
memorial feast held to
honour a
slain animal, the most
common animal to hold
peijaiset to was the bear, and...
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killing of a bear was
followed by a
great feast in
honour of the bear (
peijaiset),
where a
substantial part of the
celebrations consisted of convincing...
- held in
connection with the bear hunt (a
similar concept to the
Finnish peijaiset); it
lasts for
several days and
involves songs,
dances and plays. Mansi...
- Nibutani, Hokkaidō, as well as the Ainu
Museum in Shiraoi-cho, Hokkaidō.
Peijaiset, a bear
sacrifice ritual of
Finland Clan of the Cave Bear, a
novel about...
- the bear. A
successful bear hunt was
followed by a
ritual feast called peijaiset with a
ceremony as the bear as an "honoured guest", with
songs convincing...
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still celebrated in at
least some part of the
country as late as 1910.
Peijaiset Haavio,
Martti (1967).
Suomalainen mytologia. Porvoo, Helsinki: WSOY....
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verses 547–606) and
remembering of the dead. The bear
songs tell of the
peijaiset celebration held in
honour of the
killed bear, the "wedding of the bear"...
