The Day the Earth Froze : Ancient religious beliefs in this movie/paganism

hi, guys.
this movie is from stories/sagas that actually are collections of ancient religion, based on the original idea of a primal goddess, the main hero represents the 'adept'.

The maiden is actually the goddess of springtime.this is why she is kept in a cave of ice and wind (spring is born of winter); the witch is her 3rd self.the fall/winter version; this is why she controls weather.and the sun goes away in northern latitudes, which why she 'steals' the sun..the youth is an adept..when it says he 'plows a feild of snakes' it means 'he can read and write' something sacred at this time; (the 'field' is the page, the 'snakes' are letters) The plow is actually a pen, the 'red horse'? that's the hand (you can make a little 'horse' with your hand by putting down your fingers and thumb, raising the mid finger like the head).

Of course, spring overcomes winter, thus the defeat of the 'witch'.

Cinderella, snow white, and sleeping beauty are basically the same..only the confinement changes.from ice to more romantic crystal or glass, snow white in a glass coffin 'dead', cinderella must be a later version..her glass confinement becomes a shoe. All 'frozen' until the male begins the act of procreation, ie waking her by kissing And who are the 'bad guys'? Not guys at allalways evil queen, stepmother, witch, etcall female, because they are all versions of her and a life-cycle of nature

white for virginity, red for (the first sign of) fertility, black for old age and deathwe still relate these colors to a holiday called 'halloween'.

just some musings, some I read, the rest is my opinion (all the 'feild of snakes' stuff).hope it entertained you, bye-





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I just thought I'd mention that the story of the Sampo and Lemmenkainen (sp?) is told in the "epic poem of Finland," the Kalevala. It's online at Project Gutenberg.

Kalevala: the Epic Poem of Finland
Complete, by Elias Lnnrot
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/5186/pg5186.txt

Thank you!- I will peruse it later-

To add: some older images of a crescent, glowing object seem to be connected to the idea of dome of the 'sampo'; it appears to be a crescent moon, and I suspect it is another moon symbol, i.e. a harvest moon (because of it's redness) and this would indicate harvest and a time of plentyin time, it becomes like a 'horn of plenty', giving abundance to mankind.
If you notice in the film, the witch wears a golden later in the film; it is a faithful duplication of ancient headress, look closely you can see it too is a crescent moon, (in a lateral 'horned' configuration) another indication of moon goddess worship.





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Er, do the Finns see any of this stuff? I'm just asking.