Aurora Borealis
The aurora borealis is the northern lights, interpreted as spirits of the dead at play and, farther south, as an extraordinary celestial omen.
Our paraphrase of what the sources say it carries.
At a glance
- Type
- Concept
- Borne by
- 1 figure
- Traditions
- Finnish folklore (1)
Figures that bear it
A model judged each figure against its own description, one term at a time. Is: the figure is, or is partly, this thing. Bears: it carries the thing or is marked by it. What a figure does is filed under motifs and powers. Open "why" for the sentence the judgement rests on.
- Otso bears Finnish folklore
why
In Finnish mythology, Otso is often depicted as a massive bear with fur that shimmers with an otherworldly light, reflecting the stars and the aurora borealis.