#sámi character

[old-dandelionmischief-old]

BOI. What have you DONE.

Redraw of Skábma - Snowfall game cutscene moment. If you wanna know who this white-haired man is talking to and what he’s looking at, go check out the game (Steam). Written by a sámi person.

[sigyn-foxyposts]

"The Akka wives of the afterlife"

Once again I'm drawing Sami mythology with my own little spin on it. But might I add as always I use everything mentioned in sources for my inspiration and never mean any disrespect. It's just that some of the info I've added are headcannons that I came up with, such as Jabme-Akka being married to both Maderakka and her husband, Maderatcha. Jabme seemed so alone!

By the way The Akka is a female spirit in Sami shamanism, Finnish and Estonian mythology. Though to the Sami people it's more like a title to a group of goddesses. The rest believe it's one single goddess!

[can-of-pringles]

Serious post. I'm currently developing a new Ghost oc, and I'm thinking of making them Sámi and Swedish. They'd be a Sibling of Sin at the Ministry, but I don't know how that would come off and if it would be respectful, because the Sámi had their own religious beliefs before colonization (still do but you know what I mean), and the Ministry mirrors the Catholic church (but opposite obviously) so I guess what I'm trying to say is would it be ok for an indigenous character practice satanism? Or be involved with it at all? I'm asking genuinely.

[libraryleopard]

Adult historical fiction novel set in 17th-century Norway inspired by the real history of the Vardø witch hunts

After a sudden storm claims the lives of most of the men in the remote fishing village of Vardø, the surviving women take it into their own hands to survive

nfortunately, the storm is far from the final tragedy to strike Vardø, as a new preacher is sent to the village to put the fear of god in its inhabitants, stirring religious fervor to a boiling point

Explores religious persecution, anti-indigenous prejudice, and the brutality of the natural world

Sapphic main characters, F/F romance, Sámi side character

[ravenkhor]

Enjoy this very gay piece of art that I'm working on but can't work on again until at least monday

I love my indigenous fantasy boys

[dulcieseptimus]

abigail pent is sámi. because i said so. 

[chacolatepocky]

Twisted wonderland nationality headcanons

BTW NONE OF THIS IS CANON I DON'T THINK AND IT'S ALL MY OPINION FEEL FREE TO AGREE OR DISAGREE JUST DON'T HATE ON ME 💔💔💔💔💔

Heartslabyul:

Riddle rosehearts: British

Trey clover: British

Cater diamond: American

Deuce spade: British

Ace trappola: British

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Savanaclaw:

Leona kingscholar: Kenyan

Ruggie bucchi: Kenyan

Jack howl: American

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Octavinelle:

Azul ashengrotto: Danish

Jade leech: Danish

Floyd Leech: Danish

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Scarabia:

Kalim Al asim: Moroccan

Jamil viper: Moroccan

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Pomfiore:

Vil Schonenheit: German

Rook hunt: Ivory coast

Epel felmier: Sámi / Finnish

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Ignihyde:

Idia shroud: Greek

Ortho shroud: Greek

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Diasomnia:

Malleus Draconia: French

Lilia vanrouge: French

Silver: French

Sebek zigvolt: French

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Staff:

Crewel: British

Trein: French

Vargas: Italian

Crowley: French

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other characters:

Neige: Belgian / French

Chenya: British

Rollo: French

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Now for brief explanations:

I hc Most of heartslabyul as British because of Alice in wonderland (Set in Britain) and most of the characters are from the Queendom of roses. I Hc Cater as American because it just fits tbh.

I hc Leona and Ruggie from Kenya because that (allegedly) where the lion king is set in. I hc Jack as american because it fits (x2)

I hc all of octavinelle as Danish because of the little mermaid statue in Copenhagen and the little mermaid movie itself is set in Denmark.

i hc Scarabia as Moroccan because Aladdin is set in a Arabian country (Not said which one specifically) but i chose Morocco because it just felt like it fit.

I hc Vil as German because 1( The evil queen is German 2( Schonenheit is a German name. I hc Rook from ivory Coast because he's canonically from sunset Savanna but I wanted to choose a African country that speaks French as the main language so I picked that. I Hc Epel as Sámi, because I saw a post about how his hometown models a lot after Sámi culture, I hc that he is Sámi from Finland.

I feel like ignihyde is very self explanatory, Idia is based off Hades (Greek god of the underworld) and the Isle of woe resembles Greece

I hc Diasomnia is French only because Sleeping beauty takes place in france.

I hc Neige as Belgian mostly because He's supposed to be snow White (German princess) but his name is in French, And Belgiums main three languages are German, French and dutch.

I hc Crewel as British because he's from the Queendom of roses

I hc Trein as French because it feels right idk

I hc Vargas as Italian because Vargas is a Italian last name (i think)

I hc Crowley as French because im pretty sure he's a fae and probably from briar valley

The others are pretty explanatory I think...?

[juni-ravenhall]

credit to @phoebified for alerting me to this and making me go do my research!! i mostly related sámi gákti to having square shapes around the neck bc i mostly saw sámi men around the karesuando/kiruna area (where my family is mostly from) and didn't really see these open V shapes much. they may also have been covered with shawls when i wouldve seen them.

besides what ive put in the pic, its also worth noting that sámi culture includes a traditional singing style called joik (has different names in different sámi languages) which is very well known in scandinavia. so the fact that she deals with music may or may not also relate to the image of "mysterious" indigenous music.

"katja is cold and mysterious" (sso website) and ofc an evil villain - not appropriate traits to associate with an oppressed indigenous people in the global far north (icy and cold and scary).

this part is not related to sámi design influence, but it's also interesting that katja is albinism coded (ableist stereotype in villains) which also wasnt something i really thought about until it was pointed out ("fictional girl with white/grey hair" was my initial reading). and i also didnt really pay attention to the fact until just now, that her horse mortifa is blind, which also ties back into both albinism and ableism. blindness, especially white or clouded eyes as mortifa has, as a disability in itself shouldnt be treated as "ooh spooky" or evil. we do have a positive representation blind character in sso in rania, as well as a few positive or neutral characters with glasses, and at the end of the day we do want all kinds of representation - i want to see my own disabilities and traits in both good, bad, and neutral characters - but i do think its notable that the horse with blindness is tied to the albinism coded character and that they're villains.

feel free to add on any replies to this, i'm not in any way an expert on sámi culture (just casual knowledge) nor on albinism.

[coolbeansnico]

I've caved. Here's my Avatar The Last Airbender uni au and modern/non bender au headcanons.

Here's what I think the main kids uni majors/minors would be:

Aang: wildlife conservation with a minor in political sciences

Katara: medicine, education minor

Sokka: engineering, polisci minor

Toph: geology with a martial arts minor (changed my mind, education minor)

Zuko: forced to do law & politics by his family but switches to history/anthropology, keeping politics as a minor

Azula: law w a psychology minor

Mai: forced to do politics by family but wants to do art, history minor

Ty Lee: training in acrobatics and performance at a performing arts school and works at the circus

Suki: human relations and activism, martial arts minor

Yue: Dance major (same school as Ty Lee, polisci minor

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Living situations:

Katara and Sokka flat together and eventually Aang becomes a permanent resident

Toph lives right across from them, she likes her own space and independence but she'd never want to be too far from her friends

Zuko lives with Iroh above his teashop and works there part time

Suki has a sharehouse with the kyoshi warriors (her hockey team)

Ty Lee and Yue get assigned room-mates first year and became pretty quick friends, they continue to live together afterwards

Azula has her own apartment (of course). So does Mai, but she spends so much time at Azulas she basically lives there. Neither of them would admit it but they much prefer it to having whole houses to themselves.

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General modern au/non bender au hcs:

(Pretty obvious) Ethnicity n nationality hcs:

Sokka and Katara r Inuit and from Alaska

Azula, Zuko and Mai are all Japanese American

Ty Lee is Japanese and Mongolian

Toph is Chinese and Singaporean (born in Singapore)

Aang is Bhutanese (so is Gyatso), but he grew up in Singapore. Him and Toph were childhood friends

Yue is Inuit and Sámi and her family lives in north-east Canada

Suki is mixed Chinese, Thai and French-Canadian and live in an island off of Quebec

Have not decided where the uni would be but probably BSSU (Ba Sing Se uni) cause I know a lot of ppl use that as the uni name

I don't know a ton about US and Canadian geography so if y'all have ideas for what states or provinces the characters would hail from (especially what state/city Zuko, Azula, Mai and Ty Lee grew up in) I would def appreciate the suggestions

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Aang has a Tibetan Mastiff called Appa and Sokka has a Siamese cat called Momo (he found him behind a dumpster looking for food scraps and Sokka knew he'd found a kindred spirit,,, much to Kataras initial dismay)

Aang grew up in a sort of hippie/alternative living foster home that taughtbuddist beliefs, he never knew his real parents but he was okay with that.

I'm a fan of bigcorp ceo Ozai but also political tyrant Ozai works as well so I'm srsly torn on that. Politician Ozai would either have to be a nation ruler or American ambassador because I like to think Zuko and Azula moved around a lot as kids so he couldn't have a job that keeps him in ine place. That's why I like the idea of ceo Ozai. He would still have a lot of political power and it would still mean moving around a lot plus him being super corrupt and exploiting his workers is fun for angst.

Oh and!! Zuko and Azula lived in Singapore for part of highschool and their family visited a lot for holidays. Since Tophs parents and Ozai worked together, Zuko and Azula were around at The Beifongs a lot and entertained themselves by making fun of Toph for hanging out with a "poor tree hugging commoner" like Aang

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I may add more to this so look out for a part 2

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I'm currently working on drawing them (and maybe chara profiles with sexualities, pronouns, character aesthetics/how I think they'd dress, interests ect) :] I've done the boys and the (non fire nation) gals are next!!

[bigfrozenfan]

It's not the same concept when i compare these two unknown characters (please note the big differences in the "helmets"):

From the deleted Prologue scene of Frozen II:

This is a reindeer shape shifter, probably based on the old Sámi myth of Myandash (story about him and his wife, a shaman)

And the following images are clearly showing vikings:

[thecluelessdoctor]

CHRISTMAS MOVIES

Now as much as I rip and hate on chrismas at times, I need to admit there is not a better feeling than experiencing a childlike wonder again. Seeing beautiful hand crafted clock work decor and extraordinary snow globes, or seeing those mechanical trains youd see in the movies, nothing beats the feeling like that.

I'ma talk about the movie Klaus. A personal favorite of mine, not just for chrismas.

Klaus was released on Netflix about four years ago (I feel old)

I love this movie. It breaks the Christmas movie stereotype and it does it well. I love it from animation, to story, to duologue to characters, it's amazing.

So to start off, let's start with animation and style.

Uhm.

I can't explain it just look

Stupid thumbnail. But yeah. Watch it. Beautiful.

Story!

The story is beautiful.

It starts, with a letter. Just a letter.

And a man.

The plot starts with Jesper, the snotty son of the owner of a huge postal company. Jesper is failing postal school, before being told to be a post man in a town in a island called Smeerinsberg, and have 6000 letters done in one year.

Smeerinsberg is a violent town, a large feud between two family's that go back generations living there.

Jesper has a hard time getting letters at all. Until that is a small child drops his drawing out the window and towards Jesper. Remember this. Jesper tries to get the child to mail the letter, before he is attacked by the child's father's dogs. Before this he meets a character named Ava, who was a attempted teacher

Weeks pass by, and he finds out about the old woodsman cabin, and desides to go there, finding many hand crafted toys.

The woodsman comes home, holding his large axe, and scaring jesper. Jesper flees, dropping the drawing from the child.

Things happen, and the woodsman, Klaus, tells jesper to bring him to the home of that child to deliver a present. Jesper does so (unwillingly) and nearly dying.

The next day, jesper wakes up to a few children saying they have letters for Klaus. Montage of Jesper bribing kids for toys lmao.

Jesper then goes back to klaus's home, pleadunf to be able to take the toys to the kids and shiz. Klaus agrees, and they'll do it at the dead of night.

Word gets around about Klaus, no one knowing it's actually jesper that's going into the homes lol.

One day he's getting letters, and meets a little girl named Márgu, who is Sámi, and Jesper cant understand her. He also learns some of the children can't write and read, so he sends them to Ava's school.

He also remeets a kid who told him to go home earlier in the movie, who he gave coal, and ends up making a thing called the Naughty list, sorta as a explanation.

Children all over town start doing good deeds, and soon after, the adults follow after. The two family's have dwinled, the large fued basically being ignored. The two leaders of the families make a truce to put a end to this peace.

Jesper is then at Klaus's cabin, rambling about his idea called 'Christmas'

After this, Jesper and Klaus get into a argument, and jesper goes home to find Márgu there. Jesper sorta vents, before deciding to try and figure out what Márgu wants. He goes to Ava's school, who helps translate a letter basically

Jesper goes home, and attempts to make what Márgu wanted, even though he doesn't know how to work wood

Klaus comes back, and helps him make Márgu's gift, and they go to deliver it, seeing her excited. They are later back at Klaus's cabin feeding the reindeer, and jesper is obviously happy that he made Márgu happy.

More stuff happens, and after a bit, Márgu's people have come to Klaus's cabin to help. They make him a sleigh, and a outfit similar to theirs, as well as help with toy making.

Though during this, what's left of the two family's finds out about jesper's goal of 6000 letters, and end up 'helping' him.

It's December 24th now, daylight, and suddenly jesper's dad comes to collect him, saying he's done 14000 letters. Klaus, Ava, and the Sámi people feel betrayed, and are mad at him

He goes to leave, but looks extremely sad, sadder than when he came to Smeerinsberg. His dad gives him the look, and he ends up staying.

Márgu went to go find him, trying to stop him. But looks like he missed his ride.

He ends up seeing the mob planning to get rid of the gifts, and trys to intervene, que drama scene with lots of tension, before it was revealed it was all a decoy, and jesper ends up regaining everyone's trust, and they go to deliver the gifts.

Years pass, and word spread, and they had to expand, just as they had hoped. Ava and jesper are in love, and jesper gets a mustache at one point (in which Klaus remarks 'what is on your face')

But suddenly, by the 12th year, Klaus's time has finally come, and he goes to join his wife. To anyone other than the viewer though, he seems to have just.m disappeared.

We cut to later, in a Christmas eve with jesper's kids. Him and Ava tuck them into bed, and Jesper goes down, to stay up for the night, the movie ending with the line 'but once a year, I get to see my friend'

Truly a beautiful movie.

I can't express how much I love this movie, and I can't even explain how good it is.

It's a 20/10, go check it out

[ericmicael]

One disappointment I really don't want to have with "Frozen 3" and "Frozen 4": so long after "Frozen 2" the Northuldras are ignored again.

To this day, the only one they are developing remains a mobile game, "Disney Magic Kingdoms". Even the "Frozen Podcast", which has a large part of its plot taking place in the Enchanted Forest, ignores them and only remembers the tribe in a mention by Kristoff. And in the anthology the story related to them is something from the past that only serves to give Agduna more justification.

Honeymaren and Ryder have so much potential, their connections with Elsa and Kristoff, and I'm not talking about romance although if we consider the mobile game, it's canon to say that the woman is in love with the Snow Queen and her brother supports the shipp after realizing that Elsa wasn't interest in him. And Yelana, although she is by far the least prominent character of the trio, she met Iduna, are they going to continue ignoring that?

If the franchise really needs support from the Sámi tribe to make content with the Northuldra tribe, I hope Disney will be kind to them.

I want "Frozen 3" and "Frozen 4" to explore new characters and new themes, but it doesn't need to ignore its past (it could even bring the idiot prince back to be beaten by someone else, I don't care) and especially the past that It hasn't even been addressed yet.

[prisonhannibal]

I actually think that the main character in my comic that doesn’t exist yet being willing to move south half the year because her creature gf can’t handle midnight sun is the height of romance. northern Sápmi for the three month long night during the winter and then the south when the days start getting too long. diversity win! sámi women can have bad taste in women too <3

[nordickies]

First of all, I just want to say how much I love your takes on this blog! your headcanons are really good and I appreciate you giving characters the more complicated parts, since a lot of people don't really do that. But you still manage to make the nordics feel lovable! Also your art is so beautiful!

But I also have a question, and I figured maybe you could help me. I'm in the process of creating an AU where Ancient Scandinavia is Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and Sweden's dad. I also have Ancient Britannia for the UK brothers, Rome for the Italy brothers, etc! But I'm struggling with who I should make Finland's father. Sorry if this is a hard question, but since you seem to know history, I thought maybe you'd have an answer. Thank you!

Hi, anon!! I wish nothing but the best with your AU; I think it sounds exciting! And I'm more than happy to help <3 I know the pain of not having clear or helpful sources when it comes to trying to do some research. You're working with a very specific topic, after all. As much as I'm eager to help here, I also have to immediately admit that I don't have a clear answer for you either. But I can try to explain why that is, so you can come up with a solution yourself!

Right off the bat, I don't know how the rules and headcanons apply in your world-building, but I'm making a guess that you work with similar "Ancients" that other people in this fandom have. I know making "Scandinavia" into a personification, and thus the Nordics' parental figure, is somewhat of a popular headcanon! So you're probably looking for some pre-Christian Finnic area as Finland's parental figure?

The first immediate problem is that we simply don't have the sources to tell us about pre-Christian "Finland." There are no written records by the Finns themselves, not even later chronicles or sagas you might be familiar with in Norse history. There are no detailed stories about Finns by the early Christians either since there wasn't consistent contact until the 13th century or so. All we know comes from assumptions based on the surrounding people's history, some archaeological findings, and the few mentions of "Finns" in runestones or Norse/Novgordian sagas

We're also working with language limitations. The few sources that even mention "Finn," "Fenni," or "Finne" are ambiguous because the term itself could have referred to a Sámi, Finnish, or any kind of Finnic person!

The first mention of "Fenni" comes from the Roman historian Tacitus in 98 A.D. in his book Germania, and this is what he has to say. Some historians think he's describing the ancestors of the Sámi people, but regardless of the specific people group described here, it can be assumed that this was the general way of living for the remote Northern European tribes in the first century - or at least how outsiders viewed these people's way of living The first document in which the term "Finns" refers specifically to Finnish people may be Pope Alexander III's papal bull "Gravis Admodum" of 1171 or 1172. It's a letter to the Archbishop of Uppsala, where the pope tells about his disappointment with the Swedes aiding the Finns when they're attacked by enemies (Novgorod). How Finns promise to preserve the Christian faith every time, but as soon as the enemy withdraws, they deny the faith and persecute the Christian preachers. The pope did not find it acceptable that Christians would come to the Finns' aid as long as they kept mocking their religion, and his solution was to create fortifications in the land to stop Finns from abandoning the religion. This letter might have launched the first "crusade" to Finland, but the events and nature of this crusade are heavily debated

The land area that we today call "Finland" was settled from multiple directions by different people groups at many different points in history. The first people came to the peninsula as soon as the last Ice Age ended, around 10,000 years ago

The Baltic Finnic languages are part of the Uralic language family, which are thought to have originated in the Ural mountains - but that doesn't necessarily tell where the modern people came from. The Finnish language is almost like a time capsule, with lots of loan words from Proto-Germanic, Proto-Slavic, and Proto-Baltic, suggesting these people groups must have been at some kind of contact, even if their languages originate from completely different places

It's believed that the split between the Finnish and Estonian languages happened in the first millennium, and it's possible that the two languages may have been mutually intelligible during the Viking Age. The split between Proto-Finnic and Proto-Sámi, however, had happened thousands of years before that

Here's a visualization of the presumed people groups living in Finland around 1000 AD. The deeply forested areas of Fennoscandia were inhabited by nomadic people groups, the ancestors of the modern Sámi people. On the coast lived Swedish settlers, who would eventually become the Swedish-speaking population of Finland. On both sides of the Bothnian Bay is where the somewhat mysterious Kven people are thought to have lived

According to Icelandic and Norwegian sagas, Kvenland was a land inhabited by giants, and the great Norse kings were their descendants. The Orkneyinga saga, written in the 13th century, tells the story of a man named Fornjótr, the king who ruled over "Finnland and Kvenland." Fornjótr's son Nórr is presented as the founder of Norway, and even Harald Fairhair claimed to be his distant descendant. In the modern-day, "Kven" is the name of the Finnish-descent minority who live in Finnmark, Northern Norway.

In the opening of the Finnish translation of the New Testament (1548), Mikael Agricola names the three Finnish tribes; Finns, Tavastians, and Karelians. This subgrouping of the Finnish people can also be determined from the archaeological findings (from the variable styles of weapons and jewelry) during the early Middle Ages and the era of the Finnish Crusades

Tavastian (Hämäläiset) are considered to be directly related to the earlier speakers of Proto-Finnic, who presumably arrived from modern-day Estonia. The Novgordians used the term "ямь/емь" (Yem). The Novgordian sources mention many wars between the Yems and Karelians from the 11th to 13th centuries, in which Novgorod supported the Karelians and the Swedes allied with the Yems. These conflicts evidently contributed to the Swedish conquest of Finland by the 1250s

The Finns (Suomalaiset) are believed to be a more mixed group of people, as the area was under Tavastian, Norse, and Baltic influence. The town of Turku was also a Novgordian trading base, so it was by far the most international corner of the peninsula and thus the first to fall under Christian influence. Also, the Novgordian sources talk about a group called "Sum" fighting alongside the Yems, which could have possibly been these Southwest Finns

Finally, Finnish Karelians (Karjalaiset) are a subgroup of Finnish people who resided on the Northeast coast of Lake Ladoga. Finnish Karelians should not be confused with ethnic Karelians, who are their own Baltic-Finnic people group and speak the Karelian language. But as the shared name may suggest, these two groups have had a close association with one another, probably being partly of the same origin, but were eventually separated by two different spheres of influence (Lutheran Western Karelia and Orthodox Eastern Karelia)

In the 1340s, The Swedes united the recently conquered Western Karelia with the rest of the conquered territories (Finland and Tavastia), and the whole administrative area started to be referred to as "Österland" (Eastland). Since Österland and its Bishopric were administrated from the city of Turku (Åbo), eventually, the whole region under Turku's management just started to be referred to by the name "Finland," and that's where the entire country got its name But obviously, the Finns themselves had a different name for their people and region: Suomi. The term "Suomi" has been in use for a long time, and the first written record of it comes from the Treaty of Nöteborg (1323) when the first official border between Sweden and Novgorod was established The theory some might have heard is that the Finnish name for the country comes from the Finnish words "suo" (swamp) or "suomu" (fish scale). But there's also a theory that the name might actually be a loanword. One possible suggestion is that the name Suomi comes from the Proto-Balto-Slavic word "žemē" (earth, state, territory), from which the names Häme (Tavastia) and Sápmi would also originate. The only other languages that refer to Finland as "Suomi" are other Baltic-Finnic languages like Karelian and Estonian (Suomi/Soome), Sámi languages (Suopma), Latvian (Somija), Lithuanian (Suomija), and surprisingly Scottish Gaelic (Suomaidh).

Also, you might be thinking that since Sámi and Finns seem to get confused with one another so often, does that mean they are the same thing? Well, no. The term "Fenn" probably comes from the Old Germanic term for "hunter-gatherer". The term might have been an umbrella term for all kinds of people who participated in that lifestyle in the Northeast of the Baltic Sea

While agriculture has been practiced in Southern Finland for thousands of years, the Finnish continental climate was rather unforgiving. The cultivation and harvest seasons were short, and the winters were harsh, which meant that before the introduction of better tools and suitable crops, people had to rely on at least partly nomadic lifestyles in some parts of the country. In eastern Finland, the main farming method was slash-and-burn, which also caused people to move constantly in search of new arable lands

Although Sámi and Finns have similar origins and ultimately belong to the same language family, Sámi people had been their own people group by that point, with their own languages, mythology, religions, culture, and, obviously, their own history, which just often gets overlooked and mixed with the rest of Fennoscandian history. Think that the Norse people have Odin and Thor. Karelians and Finns have Kalevala, and Väinämöinen. Estonians have Kalevipoeg, and Vanemuine. Sámi have Maderakka and Beaivi - the difference is clear

All these groups had their own societies and worldviews, but obviously, some similarities can be found. Sámi people had Seida, holy places of worship and homes of gods and deities. Finnic people had Hiisi, which served the same purpose. Sámi people lived in moveable dwellings called Lavvu. Finnic people had Kota (or Laavu in some dialects), a settlement in the courtyard used for cooking and a temporary dwelling during hunting trips. Sámi, Finnic, and Norse people all believed that the world revolved around some kind of world tree, which reached the North Star, and so on

So, the reason for confusion and mix-ups between the Finns and Sámi in old Norse sources didn't necessarily come from these two groups being similar but from outsiders regarding them as similar. For a Norse person, both Finns and Sámi were foreigners whom they couldn't understand and who lived seemingly disorganized nomadic lifestyles. Thus, they probably used the name "Fenni" to describe them both

Conclusion...?

I guess after all that rambling, the answer to your question really depends on when you think Finland, the character, was born! Was he around the Viking Age? Maybe even before that? Or did he only come to be once his land was Christianized? It depends on what you think he represented in his youth before "Finland" was created

He could be the personification of Finns, aka Southwest Finland, which also explains his closeness with Sweden from very early on. There could have been personifications for other Finnish tribes as well, but for some reason, they're not around anymore, so Fin has just naturally taken their place, too. If you want, you could potentially make it quite sad; he could be the last personification of his family branch

There are no right or wrong answers; it really depends on your AU's rules. But I hope this has been somewhat helpful! Hopefully, you learned something new, at least. Finland is a bit of a tough case, I suppose. It had never developed central rule, as the land operated on paganism and tribalism. Instead, the Swedes brought their rule with them once they started expanding under Catholicism. Due to Finland's remote location and lack of trading routes, it was one of the last corners of the continent where Christianity was introduced; and with this new religion came a whole new system of governance and worldview.

[greatqueenanna]

Lost Legends: The Fixer Upper

A GreatQueenAnna Review

Released: October 17, 2023

Type: Series

Age Range: 8 - 12 years

Audience Score: 4.4/5

My Score: 3.8/5

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With the films focusing their attention on the sisters, sometimes Kristoff can feel like a side-character more than a tritagonist. So, hearing that Kristoff was getting a whole novel to himself, and exploring a bit of his past, I was of course excited for this book.

Overall, it was a cute story that gave us a much needed glimpse into Kristoff's childhood, with some themes being very compelling. There were some things that were a bit strange and the story does tend to move a bit slow, but overall it is very nice side content for Frozen fans. I can only hope that Kristoff continues to get more content in the future (especially within the films) that explore even more.

More in depth review under the cut.

The Fixer Upper seems like a more expansive version of the Disney Frozen: The Hero Within graphic novel by Joe Caramagna. Both stories feature Kristoff's difficulty within the orphanage, even Gustav comes in to play a major role. I do enjoy catching all of the connections made within the novel canon - it really makes it feel like the authors do indeed care about creating a coherent universe, even if the novels are not 100% part of the film's world.

The story begins with the family playing charades during game night. Kristoff is compelled to tell the story of his experiences as a child within 'human' school. However, his story first starts with Kristoff explaining to the sisters and Olaf how he met Sven and left the orphanage at 8 years old, and his relationship with Tor - his ice harvesting mentor.

After a few instances of the narrative going back and forth from the story to present day, we time skip to Kristoff going to school at 12 years old and then the instances of present day become less occurring, and the story becomes a bit more focused.

The narrative focuses on Kristoff trying to figure out where he belongs - with humans, or with trolls. He struggles to fit in with the humans, and he feels as though because he is not a troll, that the trolls don't' want him around as much anymore.

This is actually the most interesting part of the story for me - I understand how Kristoff feels as a mixed-ethnic person. Feeling like you don't belong in either part of your family or heritage because the other side of you is "in the way. " Kristoff couldn't get along with other humans because he was raised by trolls, but also felt he didn't belong with the trolls because he was human. This is incredibly compelling.

I really like the style of how at the beginning of every chapter, we get a quote from the The Ice Harvester's Guide to Ice and how the quote seems to match the scene. It was a very nice touch.

One this that was disappointing was how it seems that the Ice Harvesters are not specifically tied to being Sámi - even though this was alluded to in Dangerous Secrets. Unless I missed it (which is possible, my ADHD is all over the place when reading anything, especially novels), there were no references at all to Kristoff being Sámi or a fictional equivalent, like the Northuldra. Now, I know that this is probably not something the writers are allowed to delve into, but it would've been nice if a small reference was made - like in Dangerous Secrets.

Another thing that was a bit weird was how Grand Pabbie tells Kristoff that one of the reasons they were adamant on him going to 'human' school was so that he could meet his true love. Why would a 12 year old need to be told that he needs to interact with humans so that in the future he can meet a girl? He's 12. I get that the trolls are love experts, and this is meant to be a foreshadowing of his relationship with Anna...but come on. Again. He's 12.

[multi-fandom-imagine]

I don't know if you'll respond to this but can I have some brok head canons? He doesn't get enough love and he's my favorite character :'<

A/n: BROK!! I love him, his bond between Krato’s is the best thing ever.

Reader is a Huldra

{A hulder (or huldra) is a seductive forest creature found in Scandinavian folklore. Her name derives from a root meaning "covered" or "secret"In Norwegian folklore, she is known as huldra ("the [archetypal] hulder", though folklore presupposes that there is an entire Hulder race and not just a single individual). She is known as the skogsrå "forest spirit" or Tallemaja "pine tree Mary" in Swedish folklore, and ulda in Sámi folklore. Her name suggests that she is originally the same being as the völva divine figure Huld and the German Holda.}

{Though described as beautiful, the huldra is noted for having a distinctive inhuman feature—an animal's tail (usually a cow's or a fox's)}

🔨: Immediately hits on you when he first see’s you, you’re a bit shy so you run off, back wherever you came from.

🔨:Sindri scolds him for scaring you off with his brash attitude, he’s been trying to get your help with gathering material since you know this particular forest well.

🔨:Freya is the one that informs the group of what your are.

“She is a Huldra, though I never have seen one this skittish, they are supposed to seduce men and trap them in the forest. I wonder if Odin has anything to do with her behavior.”

“Seduce men you say? Well where do I sign up?”

“Did you not hear me mention the part where you are trapped for eternity?”

“Nah, she’s not gonna trap me, she’s gonna fall in love with me. “

“Ugh”

🔨: Is always traveling off to where your home is, sometimes he is by himself or with Kratos though it is Atreus that finds you when the boy saves one of your foxes.

🔨: The first thing Brok noticed is your tail { he respectfully doesn’t look at your lack their of clothing }

“Isn’t that the cutest thing!”

🔨: You run off again due to how loud he was.

🔨: Starts to leave out gifts for you, you slowly come out to see him.

🔨: Brok would happily make you a weapon so you can keep yourself protected.

🔨: You start to grow closer to Brok and once you get invited to stay at his and Sindris home you stay with Brok at his forging station.

🔨: You may or may not banish ‘Tyr’ from their home, the group is up at first but they understand later on.

🔨: You’re the first one to initiate the relationship, you two are practically glued at each others hips. Tend to always be around one another with Sindri is more than happy about.

🔨: Sindri swears he is the first one to approve of the relationship and wants nothing more than his bother to be happy.

🔨: While Brok may not be the best at romance or things but he is constantly making you little crowns and head pieces and bracelets. Really spoils you by making the most beautiful metals for you.

 🔨: You tend to bring him flowers and metals he might need.

🔨: Constantly bending down to give him kisses.

🔨:He is the only one that can touch your tail.