Vanemuine (god)

Vanemuine (god)

Vanemuine, a literal translation from _et. Eldermost is a god of music in the artificial Estonian mythology created by Friedrich Robert Faehlmann and Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald. His name is probably derived from the Finnish Väinämöinen.


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