Axel Olrik,
Finnisch-ugrische Forschungen
(1912)
“ Thomsens linguistic standpoint, it is not only a question of loans from the Scandinavian heathenism we know of, but also of loans from pre-historic times. [1] Loans from cult & myth have been amply proved, not only among the Lapps, who are in a position of a special dependence on Scandinavian civilization, but also in great degree among the Finns, who, in a more independent way, have appropriated and worked in ideas from many of the Aryan tribes. ”
