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Fatalistic traits in Finnish proverbs

Author(s) -

Matti Kuusi

Publication year - 1967

Publication title -

scripta instituti donneriani aboensis

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2343-4937

pISSN - 0582-3226

DOI - 10.30674/scripta.67009

Subject(s) - fatalism , meaning (existential) , verb , linguistics , history , sociology , philosophy , epistemology

In this paper the author examines proverbs in Finnish language. For example, the verb luoda, which in modern Finnish has the basic meaning 'to create' with a strong Christian colouring, was obviously used earlier to express fatalistic ideas. Its primary meaning appears, for instance, in a laconic pro-verb from Perniö (in south-western Finland): Tam lua, literally "The oak creates", which is given the following explanation: It is the weather in January [tammikuu, month of oak] that in some way predetermines what the spring and the summer will be like.

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