Fragments of Lappish Mythology
1997
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The detailed book of Lappish or Sami mythology is a translation from Swedish of Lars Levi Laestadius' famous manuscript from 1840-1845 that was lost for many decades and was published in Swedish in 1997, and in Finnish in 2000. Translated by Börje Vähämäki
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Lars Levi Laestadius
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Lars Levi Laestadius was a Swedish pastor and administrator of the Swedish state Lutheran church in Lapland who founded the Laestadian pietist revival movement to help his largely Sami congregations, who were being ravaged by alcoholism. Laestadius was also a noted botanist and an author. [from Wikipedia]
