The supreme idol of the ancient Finns and Lapps. The word is sometimes used by the Scandinavian poets for the Almighty.
“On a lonely cliff
An ancient shrine he found, of Jumala the seat,
For many a year gone by closed up and desolate.”
Frithiof-Saga: The Reconciliation.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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