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Louhi, the Mistress of Northland: The Power of the Loner

In: Organizational Olympians

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  • Iiris Aaltio

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Myths, as sometimes defined, are the nourishing power of our inner lives. In national epics, myths are usually a retelling of ancient stories about gods and their deeds, and about heroes who make history, or what passes for history. This is seen also in the Kalevala, which is the epitome of national Finnish poetry. Myths can also be seen as the underlying structures of human culture, being both collective and temporal in their nature, appearing in archetypes, dreams and symbols (Jung, 1968). The origin of mythical creation springs from the human mind’s search for interpretation and order in a world of chaos. That is why myths are not irrational stories, and why they are sometimes called ‘sacred narratives’ (Kalevala, 1999, p. xxxiii) in the sense that they embrace the ontological nature of the world.

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  • Iiris Aaltio, 2008. "Louhi, the Mistress of Northland: The Power of the Loner," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Monika Kostera (ed.), Organizational Olympians, chapter 1, pages 17-29, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-58358-0_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230583580_3
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