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LEMMINKAINEN
A symbol of the Higher Self who descends into
matter and becomes the Archetypal Man, who dies in order that the
individual souls may have immortal life.
"Lemminkainen is principally connected with songs and feasts for the
brewing of beer, and is hence sometimes confused (under the name of
Ahti) with the sower and plougher Pellervoinen. ... In the death of
Lemminkainen we seem to find a remembrance of the Balder myth." - D.
COMPARETTI, Poetry of the Finns, p. 243.
Like Dionysus, the Finnic Hero is associated with an intoxicating
drink, a symbol of the Divine Life. He is also the Divine Husbandman
who cultivates the lower nature (earth) and sows therein spiritual
seed, that higher qualities may take root in human nature and bring
salvation to the soul. Balder, Osiris, Pragâpati, Purusha, Christ,
are all symbols of the Archetypal Man.
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