seita

sacrificial stone

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In Finno-Ugric religion: Cult centres
…in reindeer herding and fishing) seita (“sacrificial stone”) places for worship arose near a reindeer migration route or a good fishing place, and for such a place an outstanding stone generally was chosen. The Ob Ugrians had a kind of “mobile temple” for the wooden idols (normally kept in the…
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