#ChthonicThursday: Kalma
Kalma’s name, the Finnish goddess associated with death and decay, possibly means “The Stench of Corpses,” which is enough of a declaratory statement in itself. Narratives revolving around her, often find her lingering in graveyards and cemeteries so much that the Finnish word for graveyard, kalmisto, is thought to derive from her name. She’s today’s […]
Kalma’s name, the Finnish goddess associated with death and decay, possibly means “The Stench of Corpses,” which is enough of a declaratory statement in itself. Narratives revolving around her, often find her lingering in graveyards and cemeteries so much that the Finnish word for graveyard, kalmisto, is thought to derive from her name.
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