Ihmisruumiin substanssi suomalais-ugrilaisten kansojen taikuudessa / Taikapsykologinen tutkimus

The study systematically surveys traditional magical beliefs and practices concerning the human body among related peoples, treating specific substances—nails, hair, birth remnants, teeth, blood, sweat, saliva and breath, tears, excreta, urine, washing and baptismal waters, birch-whisks, clothing, traces of contact and more—in discrete chapters. Each chapter compiles regional variants, prohibitions, ritual uses, and preventative measures, interprets them through folk-psychological categories, and compares parallels across sources. The author situates observations alongside source notes and a bibliography, aiming to clarify how bodily materials function in popular notions of danger, efficacy, and ritual purity.