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haltiaAmong the Balto-Finnic peoples, a guardian spirit of the household. In Finland it was the spirit of the first person to claim a site as property. Identical in appearance to this original owner, the haltia presided over the household and served as a moral force to discourage misbehavior. A haltia could only be transported to a new home by carrying fire or ashes from the old one. On farms there were barn-spirits to watch over the animals, a mill-spirit to keep the miller awake, and a threshing-house spirit to supervise the drying of the grain. |
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| Lumio J, Hillbom M, Roine R, Ketonen L, Haltia M, Valle M, et al. Lumio J, Hillbom M, Roine R, Ketonen L, Haltia M, Valle M, et al. Lumio J, Hillbom M, Roine R, Ketonen L, Haltia M, Valle M, et al. |
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