Finno-Ugrian

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• We know with certainty that Magyars were related to the Finns and that their language belongs to the Finno-Ugrian language family.

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• Those Finno-Ugrians who lived in the vicinity of Russians or under Russian authority were gradually Christianized and adopted the Russian Orthodox faith.

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• These characteristics were reflected in the mythology of the Finno-Ugrian peoples:

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• According to Finno-Ugrian and Samoyedic mythology, the celestial bear married a human girl.

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• It is generally agreed that the tradition of laments is older among Finno-Ugrians than among Slavs.

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• Although they may have an independent origin in either cultural complex, the Slavic laments have been decisively influenced by the Finno-Ugrian tradition.

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• For many centuries, female shamans served their communities, and this Finno-Ugrian tradition was long-lasting even in Scandinavian society, which had adopted social and religious standards of Western European origin.

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• In the Finno-Ugrians' religious beliefs during the pre-Christian age, the repertoire of female figures in the laments was not limited to the shaman and the mother.

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• The belief that female spirits were mistresses of nature and the belief in the Earth Mother continued and coexisted in medieval contacts between Finno-Ugrians and Slavs in Russia.

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• It is typical of the beliefs of Finno-Ugrians that the earth, as well as different elements and natural phenomena of the middle world (water, fire, wind, forest, etc.), are incarnated by female deities, 'motherspirits.'

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Synonyms

F

Finno-Ugric

vsFinno-Ugrian

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A group of related languages that includes Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian

has identical meaning but uses the -an ending instead

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