In the Finnic religion, a karsikko was a set of markings made on a tree somewhere between a deceased person's home and the burial site, which was believed to prevent the individual's spirit from coming back.
References
- The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica. "Kalma - Finno-Ugric religion". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
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