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1086:. International Symposium on Finno-Ugric Languages in Groningen.
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Olympus to Camelot: The World of European Mythology
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1091:Frog; Siikala, Anna-Leena; Stepanova, Eila (2012).
1151:Honko, Lauri, ed. (2017). "Finno-Ugric Religion".
1093:Mythic Discourses: Studies in Uralic Traditions
1292:"Conceptions of soul in old-Estonian religion"
957:meaning sky or weather. These include Udmurt
855:can be recovered from reconstructions of the
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1285:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4179-6_1
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1235:Jones, Prudence; Pennick, Nigel (1995).
1073:The Oxford Guide to the Uralic Languages
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1410:"The Great Oak and Brother-Sister"
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1126:. Ethnographic Inst. of the HAS.
931:- 'to tell fortunes, shamanize',
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1479:. Budapest: Tankönyvkiadó.
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1239:. Routledge. pp. 178–183.
1075:. Oxford University Press.
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1153:Encyclopedia Britannica
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1213:Hajdú, Péter (ed.).
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209:Continental Germanic
1253:Arctic Anthropology
1199:. Akadémiai Kiadó.
518:Proto-Indo-European
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985:Finnic mythologies
719:Legendary creature
435:Pacific Northwest
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1065:Aikio, Ante
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1523:Categories
1024:Honko 2017
1012:Aikio 2021
991:References
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901:loanword *
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1048:Frog 2012
996:Citations
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965:, Khanty
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669:Culture
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