Peasant art in Sweden, Lapland and Iceland; (1910)
Holme, Charles, 1848-1923, Granlund, Sten, 1871-, Michaelson, Anna, Adams-Ray, Edward · London, New York, 'The Studio' · leaf 174
religion of the earlv Lapps was heathenism,full ot superstitions, fetishes and ghosts. They worshipped the sunand an image of Thor, and believed in an after-life of the soul, in arealm of light where pleasure and drink were superabundant. Inthe 13th century Christianity was brought to them during… … X o < X H o <: a. LAPLAND high reputation, a kind ot Norse Jean dArc, went to the King inStockholm, and stirred him to reforms in legislation and to thebuilding of an infant-home. Queer things often happened amongthese Christians. Thus an old woman on her death-bed imploredher pastor to help…
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