SO. Going back to Finnish Mythology. As you had answered before that you guys sang spells, is it bad that we thought of bards??? ( I hope this isn't offensive.)
sorry for taking so long to answer, I’m on a bit of a hiatus rn
anyway, no I don’t find this offensive, no worries (8 . it’s not really bardic, though, or at least I’ve never thought of it that way, but I suppose there are similarities. I’ve just always thought bards to be more…. idk upbeat while finnish songs tend to be on the melancholic side
(there’s also this one story about two dudes meeting and engaging in a spellsinging battle that ends when the stronger dude sings the other one into a spot of swamp.)
if you wanna hear what the traditional finnish singing sounds like, here’s an ancient finnish lullaby and here’s actually the story about the two guys’ singing battle. the description of the video has a short summary of the story