Easter The Witches Holiday In Finnish Mythology PDF

Easter in Finland has always been connected with witches and magic.

One of the most fun and interesting Finnish Easter traditions are Easter witches. Tradition is 200 years old and originally came to Finland from Sweden in the 18th century and it is still a very popular tradition in western Finland. Easter witch is known as trulli which comes from Swedish word trollan meaning troll or a tiny witch. In the morning of Palm Sunday children dress up as trulli. They put on very colourful skirts and scarfs (both boys and girls) and some paint freckles to their faces.

Trullis have copper coffee pots where they store all the sweets and candy they get. Tradition is a bit similar to American Halloween trick or treats tour. Kids go in groups from house to house exchanging decorated willow twigs to money and sweets. They cast a little spell with the twig.