Napakivi, the Glossary
Napakivi (pole/navel stone) or tonttukivi (elf stone) is a traditional Finnish name for a standing stone in the middle of a field or another central spot.[1]
Table of Contents
9 relations: Finland, God, Megalith, Nisse (folklore), Omphalos, Penis, Plough, Sámi peoples, Seiðr.
- Archaeological sites in Finland
- Finnish mythology
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.
God
In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith.
See Napakivi and God
Megalith
A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a prehistoric structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.
Nisse (folklore)
A italics, tomte, italics, or italics is a mythological creature from Nordic folklore today typically associated with the winter solstice and the Christmas season.
See Napakivi and Nisse (folklore)
Omphalos
An omphalos is a religious stone artefact. Napakivi and omphalos are stones.
Penis
A penis (penises or penes) is a male sex organ that is used to inseminate female or hermaphrodite animals during copulation.
Plough
A plough or plow (US; both) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting.
Sámi peoples
The Sámi (also spelled Sami or Saami) are the traditionally Sámi-speaking Indigenous peoples inhabiting the region of Sápmi, which today encompasses large northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and of the Kola Peninsula in Russia.
Seiðr
In Old Norse, (sometimes anglicized as seidhr, seidh, seidr, seithr, seith, or seid) was a type of magic which was practised in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age.
See also
Archaeological sites in Finland
- Astuvansalmi rock paintings
- Aulanko Castle
- Ekeberga Burial Site
- Kastelli Giant's Church
- Kierikki
- Krejansberget
- Kuninkaanhauta
- Levänluhta
- Luntoberget
- Mankby
- Napakivi
- Rapola Castle
- Ravattula Church
- Sammallahdenmäki
- Saraakallio rock paintings
- Skällberget
- Temple of Lemminkäinen
- Toppolanmäki
- Tursiannotko
- Ukonkivi
- Vanaja (Finland)
- Virnamäki
- Wolf Cave
Finnish mythology
- Antero Vipunen
- Finnic incantations
- Finnic mythologies
- Finnic riddles
- Finnish deities
- Finnish flood myth
- Finnish mythology
- Hiisi
- Ilmarinen
- Ior Bock
- Joulupukki
- Kalevala
- Kalevi (mythology)
- Kanteletar
- Karsikko
- Kyöpelinvuori
- Lalli
- Lemminkäinen
- Luote
- Menninkäinen
- Metsänpeitto
- Mythologia Fennica
- Napakivi
- Nine diseases
- Pohjola
- Rauni (deity)
- Runic song
- Sámi mythology
- Sampo
- Sampsa Pellervoinen
- Suomen kansan vanhat runot
- Syöjätär
- Synty
- Tietäjä
- Tuonela
- Tuonetar
- Tursaansydän
- Ukonvasara
- Väki