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Finnish
Etymology
karhun (“of bear”) + peijaiset (“feast to celebrate the kill of a large wild animal, especially a bear or an elk”)
Pronunciation
Noun
karhunpeijaiset pl
- (folklore, archaic) A ritual feast celebrated after the killing of a bear in order to conciliate the spirit of the animal.
2008, Risto Pottonen, Kalevala suomeksi [Kalevala explained], BoD - Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 488:Juhlien sankari otetaan vastaan juhlatalossa arvokkaasti. Se saapuu sinne kuin vävy häihinsä. Karhunpeijaiset käsitettiin karhun hääjuhliksi. Urospuoliselle karhulle valittiin neito morsiameksi, naaraspuoliselle nuori mies.- The center of the celebration is received with respect in the house of feast. He arrives like a groom to his wedding. The bear-funeral was understood as the wedding of the bear. To a male bear a maiden was chosen for a bride, to a female a young man.
1894, Väinö Voionmaa, Kuvauksia Suomen kansan esihistoriasta [Descriptions of the prehistory of the Finnish people], Gummerus, page 229:Ikivanhan suomalaisen tavan mukaan oli karhunpeijaisissa viimeinen meno karhun pääluitten juhlallinen saattaminen metsään.- According to an ancient Finnish tradition, the last number in a bear-funeral was a festive procession that escorted the skull of the bear to the forest.
1894, Julius Krohn, Suomen suvun pakanallinen jumalanpalvelu [Paganistic worshipping of the Fennougric peoples] (Toimituksia; 83), Suomalaisen kirjallisuuden seura, →ISSN, page 229:Tämä muistuttaa hyvin läheisesti meillä karhunpeijaisissa käytetystä tavasta; karhunkallo näet naulattiin karsittuun petäjään lähellä taloa tai kuljetettiin erityiselle saarelle, jossa se kiinnitettiin honkaan.- This resembles quite closely a tradition in our bear-funeral; the skull was nailed to a delimbed pine tree near the house or was transported to a designated island on which it was attached to a pine tree.
- bear festival (modern-day celebration to honor the killing of a bear)
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