"Finnic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Hades, and the Hebrews typified by Gehenna, is the name of a Saxon goddess Hela; and, in this particular instance, a point of our original paganism has been taken up into our present Christianity. The same is the case with the Finnic nation, where Yumala signifies God; Yumala being as truly heathen as Jupiter. On the other hand we find amongst the genuine pagan Gallas of Africa, an object of respect or worship called Miriam. What ...
— The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies • Robert Gordon Latham |
