Mme Zabet

Hello Finnish Mastodon, can you confirm that there is a folk belief about stones found in raven nests that give you the ability to talk to animals and to turn invisible? Or is the internet lying to me AGAIN? lol Thanks!

#Finland #folklore #corvid #raven

Apr 4 at 2:32amWeb
Show threadLilli System2d ago

@mmezabet

Not Finnish, but got the Google-fu - https://www.neprajz.hu/en/gyujtemenyek/artefact-of-the-month/2019_11_serpent-stone-and-bear-claw.html

Serpent Stone and Bear Claw OR The Mysterious Contents of a Finnish Divination Box | Museum of Ethnography

Show threadPalmAndNeedle1d ago
@mmezabet that sounds credibly finnish to me. Is it @sinituulia ?
Show threadSini Tuulia1d ago
@PalmAndNeedle @mmezabet I don't recall this one myself but it absolutely sounds like something in the folklore!
I assume you'd also be cursed if you stole it from the bird!
Show threadPalmAndNeedle1d ago
@sinituulia @mmezabet obviously
Show threadJani Uusitalo1d ago

@mmezabet Posting this in Finnish, which my instance should offer to translate:

"Korpinkivi on taikaesine, jota korppien väitettiin säilyttävän kielensä alla tai pesässään. Korppi sai siitä taikavoimia, joilla saattoi esimerkiksi tehdä itsensä tai pesänsä näkymättömäksi. Korpin tappajan väitetään joskus saaneen kiven ja sen voimat itselleen.

Korpinkiveksi sanottu kivi on kulkenut eräässä suvussa Keski-Suomessa useiden sukupolvien ajan."

https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korpinkivi (with some references)

Korpinkivi – Wikipedia

Show threadMme Zabet1d ago
@uusijani Oooh! Thanks!
Show threadNicolas Christener1d ago
@mmezabet @tml may have an answer on this :)
Show threadTor Lillqvist1d ago
@nikslor @mmezabet I have never heard of that, but then I don’t know much about folklore.
Show threadJonne Arjoranta 📚1d ago
@mmezabet Never heard of this before. Could still be an old folk belief, but not a very common one at least.