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{{lang-fi|'''Jumala'''}} or {{lang-et|'''Jumal'''}} or {{lang-chm|'''Jumo'''}} <ref name="HPE">[http://books.google.com/books?id=4BxvGd3c9OYC&pg A History of Pagan Europe, P. 181] ISBN 0-415-09136-5</ref> means "god" in [[Finnic languages]] and [[Volga-Finnic languages]], both the [[God|Christian god]] and any other [[deity]] of any religion. The word is thought to have been the name of a sky god of the ancient [[Finnic languages|Finnic]]-speaking peoples. Jumala as a "god of the sky" is associated with the related [[Estonians|Estonian]] Jumal, [[Mari people|Mari]] Jumo, [[Udmurt people|Udmurt]] Inmar, [[Komi peoples|Komi]] Jen, [[Nenets people|Nenets]] Num, and [[Bjarmaland|Bjarmian]] Jomali and is thought to stem from an ancient [[Uralic peoples|Uralic]] "god of the sky" tradition.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-65427/Finno-Ugric-religion Finno-Ugric religion :: High gods - Britannica Online Encyclopedia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-3-235.pdf</ref> |
{{lang-fi|'''Jumala'''}} or {{lang-et|'''Jumal'''}} or {{lang-chm|'''Jumo'''}} <ref name="HPE">[http://books.google.com/books?id=4BxvGd3c9OYC&pg A History of Pagan Europe, P. 181] ISBN 0-415-09136-5</ref> means "god" in [[Finnic languages]] and [[Volga-Finnic languages]], both the [[God|Christian god]] and any other [[deity]] of any religion. The word is thought to have been the name of a sky god of the ancient [[Finnic languages|Finnic]]-speaking peoples. Jumala as a "god of the sky" is associated with the related [[Estonians|Estonian]] Jumal, [[Mari people|Mari]] Jumo, [[Udmurt people|Udmurt]] Inmar, [[Komi peoples|Komi]] Jen, [[Nenets people|Nenets]] Num, and [[Bjarmaland|Bjarmian]] Jomali and is thought to stem from an ancient [[Uralic peoples|Uralic]] "god of the sky" tradition.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-65427/Finno-Ugric-religion Finno-Ugric religion :: High gods - Britannica Online Encyclopedia<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-3-235.pdf</ref> |
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The name was borrowed from [[Baltic languages]] (cf. ''[[Jumis]]'' — [[Latvian mythology|Latvian god]] of fertility, one of the [[Divine twins]])<ref>''[[Vladimir Napolskikh|Напольских В. В.]]'' Названия спорыньи в удмуртском языке // Acta Linguistica Petropolitana. Vol. VI, part 1. St. Petersburg, 2010. С. 54-55.</ref>. This name replaced the aboriginal Finno-Ugric word for "heaven" (*''ilme''), which is preserved in the [[Permian languages]] and Finnic ''[[Ilmarinen]]''. |
The name was borrowed from [[Baltic languages]] (cf. ''[[Jumis]]'' — [[Latvian mythology|Latvian god]] of fertility, one of the [[Divine twins]])<ref>''[[Vladimir Napolskikh|Напольских В. В.]]'' Названия спорыньи в удмуртском языке // [http://iling.spb.ru/pdf/alp/alp_VI_2.pdf Acta Linguistica Petropolitana. Vol. VI, part 1. St. Petersburg, 2010. С. 54-55.]</ref>. This name replaced the aboriginal Finno-Ugric word for "heaven" (*''ilme''), which is preserved in the [[Permian languages]] and Finnic ''[[Ilmarinen]]''. |
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Template:Lang-fi or Template:Lang-et or Template:Lang-chm [1] means "god" in Finnic languages and Volga-Finnic languages, both the Christian god and any other deity of any religion. The word is thought to have been the name of a sky god of the ancient Finnic-speaking peoples. Jumala as a "god of the sky" is associated with the related Estonian Jumal, Mari Jumo, Udmurt Inmar, Komi Jen, Nenets Num, and Bjarmian Jomali and is thought to stem from an ancient Uralic "god of the sky" tradition.[2][3]
The name was borrowed from Baltic languages (cf. Jumis — Latvian god of fertility, one of the Divine twins)[4]. This name replaced the aboriginal Finno-Ugric word for "heaven" (*ilme), which is preserved in the Permian languages and Finnic Ilmarinen.
Jumal
In Estonia, Jumal was the name of the god of the sky. He was believed to make the earth fertile through the rains of the summer's thunderstorms. Among the south Estonians, he was represented by a wooden statue in their homes.
Jumala
In Finland, Jumala was the name of two of the Finns' sky gods, or one of two names for the sky god (cf. Ilmarinen).
According to John Martin Crawford in the preface to his translation of the Kalevala:
- "The Finnish deities, like the ancient gods of Italy, Greece, Egypt, Vedic India or any ancient cosmogony, are generally represented in pairs, and all the gods are probably wedded. They have their individual abodes and are surrounded by their respective families. ... The heavens themselves were thought divine. Then a personal deity of the heavens, coupled with the name of his abode, was the next conception; finally this sky-god was chosen to represent the supreme Ruler. To the sky, the sky-god, and the supreme God, the term Jumala (thunder-home) was given."[5]
Later on, the sky itself was called taivas (sky or heaven) and the sky-god Ukko. However, when Christianity came to dominate Finnish religious life in the Middle Ages and the old gods were ousted or consolidated away from the pantheon, Jumala became the Finnish name for the Christian God and the Finnish word for "god".
See also
References
- ^ A History of Pagan Europe, P. 181 ISBN 0-415-09136-5
- ^ Finno-Ugric religion :: High gods - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
- ^ http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic48-3-235.pdf
- ^ Напольских В. В. Названия спорыньи в удмуртском языке // Acta Linguistica Petropolitana. Vol. VI, part 1. St. Petersburg, 2010. С. 54-55.
- ^ The Kalevala Index