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In Finnish folklore, all places and things, and also human beings, have a haltija (a genie, guardian spirit) of their own. One such haltija is called etiäinen—an image, doppelgänger, or just an impression that goes ahead of a person, doing things the person in question later does. For example, people waiting at home might hear the door close or even see a shadow or a silhouette, only to realize that no one has yet arrived. Etiäinen can also refer to some kind of a feeling that something is going to happen. Sometimes it could, for example, warn of a bad year coming.
In Finnish folklore, Etiäinen refers to a haltija (genie, guardian spirit), that is, an image, doppelgänger or just an impression that goes ahead of a person.
Etiäinen may also refer to:
- "Etiäinen" (song), a song by Finnish symphonic power metal band Nightwish, first recorded in 1996