Finno-Ugric mythology. In the footsteps of Kalevala. Petrukhin V.Ya.

Bird-Demourg, which reached the Earth from the bottom of the ocean, and the heavenly hunter pursuing a giant moose (the constellation of the Big Bear). A white -eyed Chud living in the forests is like wild beasts, and the famous poetic epic “Kaleval”, singing the feats of ancient heroes. In the book of a famous media historian V.Ya. Petrukhin collected the brightest myths and traditions of the Finno-Ugric peoples.

since ancient times, Finno-Ugers lived in the forest expanses of the north of Eastern Europe and Western Siberia. From Finland and Karelia in the west to the Trans -Urals in the East. At the beginning of our era, independent mythological traditions of the Western Baltic-Finnish peoples-the Finns and Karelians of the Estonians, the Volga Finnish peoples-Mordovians and Mari, the Perm peoples-Komi and Udmurts, as well as the Zauralsky Ugrs-Khanty and Mansi, who created the rich colorful mythology.