Watercolour and ink on paper, 2012

Tapio is an East Finnish forest spirit or god, who figured prominently in the Kalevala. Hunters prayed to him before a hunt. 

Tapio

Peijainen, 2012. 
Watercolour and ink on paper. 

In Finland, Peijainen is the ritual burial of a bear that has been communally brought down and has died. A bear was never "hunted"; it was merely brought down. A single man could claim to have hunted and killed a bear, but in a community effort, the bear simply died.



Peijainen

This artwork is inspired by Finnish Mythology. Nyyrikki is the Finnish god of the hunt. 
2012, Watercolour and ink on paper. 


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Ryan McGennisken