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kalma, in Finno-Ugric religion, Finnish term referring to the dead and used in compound words with concepts associated with the dead. Related words are similarly used in other Uralic languages, such as kalmo (“grave”) among the Mordvin and halmer (“corpse”) among the Samoyed. In Finnish, kalmanväki means both the spirits of the dead and the collective power inherent in them that can be used by a shaman to work sorcery against other people. Kalmanväki are believed to be ruled by the ghost of the first person buried in a cemetery, who becomes its guardian spirit, or haltia. Among many Finno-Ugric ...(100 of 194 words)

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