THE LAND The Nordic people were born into a natural environment, with a cultural connection to the land and the seasonal cycles of life. From the early beginnings, the children raised to learn and interact with the natural environment that stored up lifelong memories of all the seasonal changes. From the hibernating deep snow and ice-covered winters to the awakening sounds of a spring season, with the thousand songs of the migrating birds, singing in the endless sunlight days of the midsummer solstice. Nordic People instinctively knew the natural environment with its biodiversity, and what the habitats had to offer according to the seasons. Their life depended entirely on natural resources. The people moved and traveled like nomads to optimize the seasonal changes according to local knowledge and the wisdom of the tribe leader’s collective experience. It was a fascinating life environment to be born into, with the unmistakable signs
and the unforgiving extreme cold elements of the natural world in charge of the life cycles, commanding respect from people for life in the natural world. Memorable winter night skies that opened high to the star-filled heaven gates, to a mysterious deep dark universe. There were dancing ribbons of light with pastel-like rainbow colors and sounds, creating the atmosphere of awe and wonder in the inquisitive minds as they watched the extravaganza of the aurora borealis lights in the night sky. The Nordic people did experience the extreme powers of Nature that were so beyond human and animal reach. Stories and myths were inspired and created based on the visible night skies. The same natural phenomenon has presented itself ever since the beginning of the ancient people’s collective recorded memory. Over the cycle of seasons, from winter to spring season, the starlit night skies put on an impressive starlight display, which is beyond human capability. The minds of the observing people wondered as they looked up high into the shifting distant night skies, but they could not unlock the cause of the ribbons of light dancing up and down and all around the panorama above the snow-covered rounded tundra hills. Winter nights were a time for storytelling and sharing the lights with the minds of the younger generation. From there, new ideas formed, and everyday events were placed into future storytelling, which was also developing a bigger worldview in the young people’s ever-growing inquisitive imagination. Consciously becoming aware of life and the elements of the natural world.
Victor Leinonen. A Claim For A True Worldview (Kindle Locations 320-332).