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Piru (spirit)

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236: 22: 281: 300: 315: 105: 274: 43: 39: 86: 58: 267: 65: 32: 305: 134:, Slavic thunder god. However, piru lost its original meaning and refers to only demon in Finnish mythology. 72: 310: 320: 54: 215: 247: 171: 127: 251: 243: 207: 175: 138: 198:
Haavio, Martti (1964). "The Oldest Source of Finnish Mythology: Birchbark Letter No. 292".
79: 294: 235: 143: 152: 148: 21: 156: 141:, a piru is often featured as a nasty spirit of the forest with which a 219: 211: 130:. It was borrowed from Slavic mythology and was the counterpart of 160: 131: 123: 15: 147:
either wins or loses a battle of wits, giving or receiving a
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