Hiisi

Hiisi

Hiisi, eine alte Gottheit der alten Finnen, Sohn des Riesen Kalewa, wohnte an furchtbaren Orten, Waldschluchten etc., galt als Bezähmer der wilden Thiere, als welcher zu ihm gebetet wurde.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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