Finno-Ugric Mythology. Following the 'Kalevala'

The demiurge bird that retrieves land from the bottom of the world ocean, and the celestial hunter pursuing a giant moose (the constellation Ursa Major). The white-eyed Chud who live in the forests like wild beasts, and the world-famous poetic epic "Kalevala", celebrating the deeds of ancient heroes. In the book by the well-known historian of medieval studies V.Ya. Petrukhin, the brightest myths and legends of the Finno-Ugric peoples are collected. Since ancient times, the Finno-Ugric peoples have inhabited the forested expanses of northern Eastern Europe and Western Siberia. From Finland and Karelia in the West to the Trans-Ural region in the East. In the early decades of our era, independent mythological traditions of the Western Baltic-Finnish peoples began to form — the Finns and Karelians, Estonians, Volga Finnic peoples — Mordvins and Mari, Perm peoples — Komi and Udmurts, as well as the Trans-Ural Ugric peoples — Khanty and Mansi, who created a rich and colorful mythology.