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Just ordered these limited edition 'Soul Birds' from Finnish illustrator Sanna Annukka. In Karelia there was an ancient belief in the Sielulintu or Soul bird. The Sielulintu was thought to deliver the soul to newborn babies and also to transport the soul to the afterlife at the moment of death.
It was believed the Sielulintu protected a persons soul at it's most vulnerable; when dreaming, and it was tradition to keep a carved wooden bird by the bedside to keep the soul safe during sleep.
Get your hands on them or browse her other exceptional work at sanna-annukka.com
March 4, 2010 / 12:56PM / POSTED BY ROB
Just ordered these limited edition 'Soul Birds' from Finnish illustrator Sanna Annukka. In Karelia there was an ancient belief in the Sielulintu or Soul bird. The Sielulintu was thought to deliver the soul to newborn babies and also to transport the soul to the afterlife at the moment of death.
It was believed the Sielulintu protected a persons soul at it's most vulnerable; when dreaming, and it was tradition to keep a carved wooden bird by the bedside to keep the soul safe during sleep.
Get your hands on them or browse her other exceptional work at sanna-annukka.com
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