Finno-Ugric- Fred Hamori's extensive Hungarian Heritage Page has been relocated and expanded. His section on mythology includes links to his accounts of legends and with detailed linguistic traces.
- Dr. Josef Vegvari's Magyar Traditional Culture page (originally titled "Hungarian Organic Culture") "does not contain any myths or legends in the strict sense of the word - it presents original and largely unpublished research relating to the origins of, and the ancient knowledge underlying, all Hungarian folklore. This knowledge is cosmic in its origins and astrological in its structure." - Dr. Vegvari.
- István Lázár tells the origin myth of the Huns and Magyars in Chapter 2, One Must Descend from Some Place of his book Hungary - A Brief History.
Finno-Ugric
Hungarian
Mansi
- Aado Lintrop's essay on Little Mos'-woman features stories of her and Bell-Hand, and bear feasts as recounted by Maria Albina and Klaudia Sainokhova. This article appears in the Estonian Folklore Archive's Electronic Journal of Folklore.
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Sami
- Glenn Jakobsen's page on Sami Culture expired, leaving a pointer to the Sami Association of North America, which contains links to information on the culture of the people from arctic Scandinavia.
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Suomi (Finnish)
- FINFO: The Ancient Religion of the Finns. An extensive examination of ancient Finnish religion, including the precursors to the Kalevala.
- Reijo Nenonen and Luca Piotto present The Ancient Finnish Myths home page which describes the history, deities, cults, and spells of the Suomi and of course includes the appropriate links. (Broken Link 2/14/02)
- FINFO: Kalevala An examination and summary of the Kalevala and its role as myth and national symbol. Also found there is Kalevala - The Finish National Epic
- Finnish Mythology A brief introduction to the topic by Pirjo Joki.
- Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot (in Finnish/Suomeksi). Lönnrot spent the years from 1828 to 1845 collecting folk songs from the Karelia regions of Finland and Russia and assembled and edited them into what became the Finnish national epic. An early version was released in 1835, with the final version being completed in 1849.
- Another copy of the Kalevala can be found at Project Runeberg.
- Ritva Raesmaa's Kalevala page contains many links on the work.
- Sonja Reasor presents selections from W. F. Kirby's English translation of the Kalevala in Kalevala - Land of Heroes. She includes sections of Runo's 1, 9, and 10, which deal with creation, iron working, and the Sampo. (Broken Link 2/14/02)
- Aaron Shepard retells part of Vainamoinen's battle of song with the young Joukahainen from Runo 3 of the Kalevala in A Hero Tale of Finland
- Keith Bosley's English translation of Runo 15 from the Kalevala - a Lemminkainen episode - is provided by Interspecies Communication.
- Aaron Shepard again retells part of the Kalevala this time reworking the contest between Vaino and Ilmarinen for the hand of Louhi's daughter in The Maiden of the Northland
