Naisen Väki

English: The Power of Women

Language: Finnish — this book is written in Finnish.

Satu Apo

ISBN: 951-8916-52-7

*Naisen Väki* (“Woman’s Väki”) contains writings on Finnish popular culture and traditional thinking. Its fascinating articles explore agricultural folk culture through Kalevalaic poetry, archival material and more recent sources. As its title suggests, it also examines the traditional idea that women possessed a particular kind of power, or *väki*. What was the nature of that power? Satu Apo seeks to sketch an answer to that question, among others.

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