This paper explores the use of theonyms as personal names in medieval and post-medieval Finland and Karelia. The long-term continuity of the naming practice is discussed in terms local ideologies competing with the Church-authorized stance toward vernacular gods as “pagan”.Peer reviewe
With reference to Karelian villages’ proper names inventory, the article deals with collective (loca...
This article aims at shedding light on the religious conditions of Sweden during the first millenniu...
A personal name has always played a central role in the formation of an individual’s identity. In ad...
This paper explores the use of theonyms as personal names in medieval and post-medieval Finland and ...
The national epic of Finland, The Kalevala, was published in 1835. It is based on Finnish oral...
The article analyzes old personal names of the Karelian population. As the author demonstrates, the ...
This article deals with the origin of the names of certain mythical figures in Finnic pre-Christian ...
This article concentrates on a specific ancient holy word in Finnish and its subsequent development,...
The article analyses the forms of Christian names used in the past and in the present on the territo...
The article analyzes the system of personal female names of the Karelian population. As the author d...
The article studies pre-Christian Finnic anthroponyms and their spread in the northern Baltic Sea ar...
This article concentrates on a specific ancient holy word in Finnic and its subsequent development. ...
The article focuses on calendar personal names recorded in the 15–17th centuries Russian and Swedish...
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the relationship between Finnish and non-Finnish by-names i...
The article analyzes the system of personal female names of the Karelian population. As the author d...
With reference to Karelian villages’ proper names inventory, the article deals with collective (loca...
This article aims at shedding light on the religious conditions of Sweden during the first millenniu...
A personal name has always played a central role in the formation of an individual’s identity. In ad...
This paper explores the use of theonyms as personal names in medieval and post-medieval Finland and ...
The national epic of Finland, The Kalevala, was published in 1835. It is based on Finnish oral...
The article analyzes old personal names of the Karelian population. As the author demonstrates, the ...
This article deals with the origin of the names of certain mythical figures in Finnic pre-Christian ...
This article concentrates on a specific ancient holy word in Finnish and its subsequent development,...
The article analyses the forms of Christian names used in the past and in the present on the territo...
The article analyzes the system of personal female names of the Karelian population. As the author d...
The article studies pre-Christian Finnic anthroponyms and their spread in the northern Baltic Sea ar...
This article concentrates on a specific ancient holy word in Finnic and its subsequent development. ...
The article focuses on calendar personal names recorded in the 15–17th centuries Russian and Swedish...
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the relationship between Finnish and non-Finnish by-names i...
The article analyzes the system of personal female names of the Karelian population. As the author d...
With reference to Karelian villages’ proper names inventory, the article deals with collective (loca...
This article aims at shedding light on the religious conditions of Sweden during the first millenniu...
A personal name has always played a central role in the formation of an individual’s identity. In ad...