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Ladies readers! It turned out that the Vikings way of drinking victory bowl from the enemy skull is probably an urban legend.
Esa Tyystjärvi writes: “The perception is based on a translation error made by Ole Worm when turning Viking poetry. He translated the ‘curved branch of the skull’ of the poetic phrase horned into a mere skull and added the idea that the skull belonged to a killed enemy. The macabre addition was so great that the myth is still widely believed. From the Viking Age, cup racks suitable for cattle horns have survived – just a horn when the table is otherwise very rocking. There are no remnants of the skull racks. There are skull cups in the archaeological records, but their use was not likely to be part of the Viking customs. ”
How much do Russian and Ukrainian languages differ? Are they something similar to Finland and Estonia, some understand, not everything? Interesting right now, when the situation is what it is.
– Curious
I called a professor of Russian at the University of Helsinki To Johanna Viimarannawho stated that he is often asked about this matter.
Ukraine and Russian are close relatives – closer than Estonia and Finland. “There are some phonetic differences in Ukraine and Russia, as well as very slight differences in grammar. The biggest difference is in the vocabulary. There are West Slavic words in the Ukrainian language that can be found in Poland, for example, but not in Russia. ”
Not all Russians understand Ukraine. “But if there has been more contact or is from a dialect area that is a little closer to Ukraine, then you may well understand.”
In Ukraine, on the other hand, almost everyone speaks Russian and many people are practically bilingual. There is also a mixture of these languages in different situations in the country, which the locals call suržik. However, the Russian language has no official status in Ukraine. Last year, a law came into force that only allowed Ukraine to be used in cafes and shops.
“There are a lot of Russian-speakers in the country, but their rights have been pretty tight,” Viimaranta said. He said he had just met a couple of acquaintances, a Russian man and a Ukrainian woman. The woman wanted to speak Finnish at the meeting because she had decided after the war that she would never speak Russian again.
“When languages become political issues, it can have a powerful and rapid impact on people’s language use. Now the Russian language is politicized in a new way in Ukraine. ”
How do you know which feelings of evil are worth dealing with and going through, and when not to seize them, just let the strain be? Feeling every single emotion is already beginning to be felt.
– Girl 19 years old
That’s the right question to ask, said a reading psychologist I called right away. There are many sides to this. One is that emotions always give some information and that is why it is good to listen to them. “However, what information they provide is a bit more difficult,” the psychologist said.
Feeling is not necessarily a simple truth that requires immediate action.
“One should stop to look at what this thing is now.”
Psychologists talk about primary and secondary emotions. For example, grief, fear, or anger resulting from a life crisis are primary. “That’s when it’s often helpful to feel it as if through. For example, when you accept a feeling in the face of grief and not force it away, the feeling lives to the end of its arc. ”
But man is a complex creature. It often happens that there are layers in the emotions. The sad may also feel anger or “some vague distressing anxiety and anxiety,” the psychologist said.
Getting into an anxious mess mainly increases anxiety. Therefore, one should first try to understand what lies beneath it. Some go to therapy for years to find out. The “right answer” also depends on the person and the history of his or her emotional life. Some over-regulate emotions and find them threatening. They strive to combat all feelings of sorrow and anger, and therefore vague anxiety rises to the forefront.
Then, on the other hand, there are sub-regulators who are struck by all sorts of feelings about this, to which they are sensitive. “Then it’s worth practicing that you can let emotions come and go and not have to react to everything.”
Maybe it’s under-regulation for you? If your emotions are now heavy to bear, you can take comfort in the fact that often things get easier over time.
“Eventually, all emotions will pass.”
For example, breathing exercises or mindfulness can help regulate emotions. For many, it is helpful to have a so-called worry hour: one hour is set aside per day, during which time you worry very much, while other times your feelings are put aside to wait for that moment. By practicing this, you will gradually gain the experience that you have power over what is moving in your mind.
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