1 More on the Kvens, Kven and other words, word connections and polygonal masonry in Kvenland, non-Sámi witchcraft and Whitbu, Tolkien, Quenya, Northern Norwegian witchcraft, and other topics and points

I would like to discuss briefly two new points in relation to the Kven. In the Kven language, "Norwegian" is known sometimes as Ruijankieli, this first word ruijan is the genitive of Ruija, a word which also means "Finnmark" in Finnish. Another form of this word found in Kven is Ruiđa. These root words appear related to the Northern Finnish word rutjat, rurjat or ruijat meaning the "aurora borealis". Whilst in other publications I have discussed how the Northern Sámi word for the aurora borealis is likely not connected to the idea of "speaking" and "sound", it seems that this group of Finnic or rather pre-Finnic words, upon which the name Ruija is based,  do connect to a Finnish verb rutista which means to groan or to speak with a crunchy sounding voice. Could this be in reference to some ancient language, somehow associated both with ancient Scandinavia, - and with the aurora borealis and the sound or "lauguage" that they possess? It is also interesting to note that way in which I. Bock referred to the Swedish language as the "Rot Language", the word "rot" and English "root" baring a strong similarity to some of these Finnic words. Is this indicative that some of the "roots" of language are collected to the celestial world, and to "speaking light" - similarly to how some cephalopods communicate with polarised light?
The second thing I would like to discuss in relation to the Kven people here, is the possible presence of yet another example of old polygonal masonry located within the historically Kven and Northern Sámi-speaking areas of Northern Norway. This polygonal masonry wall is unrelated to any I have previously discussed, including others in Norway. This new example in Northern Norway is located on the island of Store Vinna in Finnmark, and may be located on the southern side of Skjærbukta bay in the west of the island. I learned about the presence of this site from a reddit post. Whilst the polygonal masonry wall does not seem nearly as big as those in Finland, it nevertheless makes sense according to my research that the Kvens would also have used polygonal masonry. Even though the polygonal masonry seems to be incorporated into walls surrounding the buildings of an old village, the wall to me does at least, look fairly old, and the example seems indicative that the indigenous people in this area were familiar with this building technique. A photo of the wall and a small description can be viewed on page 57 in the PDF document titled: Natur, friluftsliv og kulturminner available on the www.hammerfest.kommune.no  website. 

Note that article number 71 on this site, and other articles on this site, articles in general and other books by myself contain information about other polygonal masonry sites in Northern Europe, with article 71 having a large focus on that at Vanhankaupunginkoski and other topics, for example. The island of Store Vinna also has an interesting name, perhaps related to the "Van" name I have discussed elsewhere and which is also discussed in The Bock Saga, and is the ancient name for the Finnish language, according to him, with Rot being again in relation to Ruija discussed earlier in this section, the name for the Swedish language. This possible connection between the Rot Language and Ruija, and the sound of the aurora borealis, is another example I think of this idea of a celestial divine language, which I have discussed many other different aspects of elsewhere. This also reminds me very much of how the Valar are connected to both light, music and language, in Tolkien's Middle Earth. Also in terms of Tolkien's Middle Earth - the Elvish (Quenya) name vanya is similar looking, and from what I understand means "fair", although the efldict.com website gives a meaning of something like leaving or departing, perhaps in the way that elves in Tolkien's mythos departed from this world. This idea of leaving or departing also has parallels in how the Finnish god Väinämöinen and the Andean god Viracocha leave this world across the sea, to later return. I mention the "Straight Road" to Valinor in a lot of detail in article 67: on this website you are currently on.

Even people in Britain seemed to have maintained a surprising awareness of the Finns and people in Lapland until relatively recently, in terms of witchcraft and magic. At a museum in Whitby last autumn, I learned of an item in the museum, which is believed to have a connection to Lapland and to the Sámi, showing that witchcraft on the coasts of England also maintained a connection or awareness of the Finns and Sámi people. But this late survival may not apply to the Finns and Sámi themselves, but to some other culture, identified as “Finns”. There were for instance, massive scale witch trials in Northern Norway, where in 1621 at least 91 people were put to death for witchcraft in the Varanger region of Finnmark in Northern Norway. 

The Varanger Peninsula, in Norwegian: Varangerhalvøya, in Northern Sámi: Várnjárga and in Kven: Varenkinniemi makes up a wild and alien landscape in Northern Norway. Today there are still many Sámi people living there, herding reindeer and taking care of the land, and many Kven people, the Kvens speaking a Uralic language closely related to Finnish, called Kainunkieli. The landscape is dotted with ancient sites, some of which resemble the long stone wall on the Shetland island of Fetlar, itself associated with “Finnmen” of Shetland; other sites on the Varanger Peninsula are much more akin to megalithic stone circles. I do not personally believe that the Sámi nor the Kven built these structures, but that they may instead have been created by this more mystical, demi-god race of “Finns”. 

The Sámi people practice a form of indigenous spirituality that is by its nature, animistic, and it bares many similarities to the shamanic beliefs of other Northern Eurasian peoples. In Northern Sámi it is the noiaidi who takes the role akin to that of a shaman; but the Sámi do not practice “witchcraft” in the traditional sense. In fact, by and large Sámi belief systems seem to revolve around animism, nature, and working with the natural world. Whilst there are elements akin to witchcraft, witchcraft is not the essence or purpose of Sámi spirituality. 

2. More Mapuche words that appear similar to Finnish words, and some Mapuche - Germanic and Celtic similarities (with table of Mapuche - Finnish similarities and many discussions):

Below is a table showing similarities I have recently noticed between 9 Mapuche and 9 Finnish words. Some comments are also below the table, but the table itself is intended to be what demonstrates these word similarities, the comments below are followed by examples of and comments on similarities between Mapuche and Celtic words, and Mapuche and Germanic words. 

Similarities can be observed in many of these words, in my opinion, and some of them are similar to Quechua-Finnish similarities I have discussed elsewhere, for example Finnish valo, Mapuche pelon and Quechua p'alalla - "luminescent moonlight". The initial v- in Finnish valo may however also be represented as Quechua w in the Quechua word wila - "candle." The Mapuche word traf means “wall”, but metaphysically it is also connected to the idea of “facing” or “meeting”, e.g. the compound word trafün means a “meeting”, connected to this idea of facing something and meeting it, connecting to it. This word is thus not the best example of showing a similarity with the Finnish word kivi - “stone”, however, when we consider the deeper metaphysical meaning of “connection” and “faces” implied in the word traf, it could also be argued that a stone, kivi is also “faced” and is also a material which is connected, bound, on a molecular level. Note also that traf is pronounced [tsaf] making it quite close to the Finnish word kivi. Note also that many other similar words for “stone” are present in other indigenous languages of South America, which I have discussed elsewhere, one example being Arawak sībo - “stone”. The possible similarity between Mapuche pikun - "north" and Finnish pohja - "north, bottom" is interesting. Note, as I have mentioned elsewhere information about the word pohja. The similarity between Mapuche cuchru and Finnish sorsa is I think interesting given the importance of waterbirds, and sometimes ducks in Uralic creation histories. Mapuche fülang and its similarity to Finnish valkea is interesting, and I have previously discussed the similarities between Finnish valkea and Quechua willka - "sacred, god, sun", and Mapuche willka - "sun". 

Mapuche also has a large number of similarities to Indo-European languages, some examples I noticed recently are zungun - “music”, compare English “song”, Dutch zang, Swedish sång etc. One of my favourite examples which I have mentioned in other publications too, is Mapuche dungun - “language”, compare English “tongue”, Icelandic tunga, etc. I have mentioned many more in other publications.