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Formal insulting in Old Norse literature

Strange fact of the day

Author: * Dimma Visigoth - 1 Post on this thread out of 4 Posts sitewide.
Date: Apr 21, 2006 - 15:41

In Finnish Finland is called Suomi. No, this is not my strange fact of the day. But in the last song of Kalevala we are told about the birth of "Suomi". A maiden called Marjatta becomes pregnant by a lingonberry and later gives birth to a boy named Suomi.

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Formal insulting in Old Norse literature

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