The European badger (Meles meles) is a nocturnal animal. (Photo by BadgerHero - CC BY-SA 3.0) One of the magic objects in the collection of the National Museum of Finland is the foot of a badger (Meles meles; Fin. mäyrä). It belonged to the cunning man Juho Sarkkinen in Tohmajärvi and came to the museum… Continue reading What’s special about the badger?
Archaeology of Folk Religion 