Kyöpelinvuori (, from ''kyöpeli'' = obsolete word for ghost and ''vuori'' = mountain), in

Finnish mythology Finnish mythology commonly refers of the folklore of Finnish paganism, of which a Finnish Neopaganism, modern revival is practiced by a small percentage of the Finnish people. It has many shared features with Estonian mythology, Estonian and othe ...

, is the place which dead women

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. It is rumoured that

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s who die young gather there after their

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at the start of their

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. Similar stories of paradise mountains for pious virgins have also been known in Catholic Central Europe and Russia. It corresponds to

Blockula Blockula (Blåkulla in modern Swedish, translated to "Blue Hill") was a legendary island where the Devil held his Earthly court during a witches' Sabbath. It was described as containing a massive meadow with no visible end, and a large house wher ...

(in modern Swedish ''Blåkulla'') of Swedish mythology. Kyöpelinvuori has been associated with witch-apathetic beliefs, but the name is not yet mentioned in documents dating back to the 17th-century witch hunts. In Swedish witch accounts, as mentioned before, the Sabbath was Blåkulla, which was sometimes spoken of in Finland as well, but more often only in general, a mountain or some other mythical place. Kyöpelinvuori is also well known in Finland due to

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: it is said to be the ancient home of mountain

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es who fly on

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s with

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s. The witches leave the area only during Easter in order to spook children. These witches have also been humorously referred to be spinsters who will end up there in order to escape from the "old maid" tax.. According to the

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, there is a total number of 32 Kyöpelinvuori hills in Finland.Kyöpelinvuori
Kansalaisen karttapaikka. Retrieved 27 September 2014.

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