Dear Francine
Sorry to be so thick but please could you explain why this jogs us out of
our IE mindset?
Thanks
John Davies
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From: "Francine Nicholson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 7:55 AM
Subject: Votian Water Veneration
> Just to jog us all out of our Indo-European mindsets, here's a
> wonderful article on Votian Water Spirits and veneration. The article
> appears in the Folklore e-journal assembled in Estonia:
>
> http://haldjas.folklore.ee/folklore/vol12/spirits.htm
>
> The author describes the Votians as "Baltic Finnic people on the verge of
> extinction, the last representatives of which are living in three villages
> in the Kingissepp district of Leningrad oblast." Be sure to click on the
> illustration of a camera to see the accompanying photos and map.
> Francine Nicholson
>
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