Kalma (folklore)
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Kalma (folklore)
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In Finnish folklore, Kalma is an abstraction or a personification of death or the grave. The word kalma means 'a grave, the smell of a corpse, a corpse'. It has cognates in other Uralic languages. In Samoyed languages kolmu or halmer means 'corpse' or 'the spirit of a dead person'. In Mordvinic languages, kalma or kalmo means 'grave'. The word kalma occurs in Kalevala few times with the meaning 'graveyard', not referring to any personified deity. According to Matthias Castrén, there are other fo
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Personification of death in Finnish folklore
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2024-03-19T18:26:32Z
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