A Jungian Reading of the Kalevala 500–1300?: Finnish Shamanism—The Patriarchal Senex Figure [Part 3: The Anima Archetype]

Authors

Bettina Knapp, Hunter College, NY

Abstract

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Jungian interpretation of the Kalevala, focusing on the character of Väinämöinen and his role as Shaman. The third part discusses Väinämöinen’s “second encounter with the anima figure in the being of Louki’s daughter.”

Part 1:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol8/iss3/10/

Part 2:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol8/iss4/14

Part 4:https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/vol9/iss2/11

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