#hirvi

[hirvikultti]

What is "Hirvikultti"?

"Hirvikultti", "Cult of The Moose" in english, is an ancient Finnic religious practice of venerating the moose as a spiritual/mythical ancestor.

Hirven syntysanat

Missä Hirvi synnytelty, Karin poika kasvateltu? Tuoll’ on Hirvi synnytelty, Nevan tuulisen selällä, Tiheillä tuomikoilla, Paxuilla paju pehuilla, Otavaisen olkapäillä, Taivaan tähtehin seassa. Tijän synckä synnyntösi, Maa katala kasvantosi: Selkä koivun kongelosta, Sääret väärästä lepästä, Karvat karva korttehista, Pää on saaren juurikasta Raato muu lahua puuta

(Collected in Northern Ostrobothnia by Ganander Christfrid in 1700.)

[perfidiousapple]

Moose 🫎

[ruttotohtori]

Hirvi/moose 🇫🇮 / Sony α55

[jaihirvi]

Selfie

I feel my way through the fog. In the background, Hirvi has changed a lot over the summer. Almost 2 months ago my grandmother died, I couldn't come to the funeral and I'm still trying to comprehend it. Against the backdrop of unemployment in the art field, there are still separate sufferings. Such, foggy, chaotic, tangible.

for #artvetrova_selfieparty

[peikonlainen]

Sketches in diary about travelling. Inspired by @sirislayer who drew one picture per day about what happened during the day. I should try to do this again, it truly helped me remember feelings and doings of the days 🌟

[sysirauta]

This month's ACEO included a prompt "a creature from local folklore". Finnish things are mostly people with some animals.

Hiidenhirvi is described to be either a big moose or made of natural matter, so have one that is a bit of both.

[soheltaja]

[anirobot]

OTI: Improvements in car safety behind sharp decline in deaths from elk, deer collisions

More than a dozen people were killed every year in Finland during the 1990s by accidents involving elk, but this figure has now dropped to between one and four per year.