For the peoples of the North, a special relationship with waterfowl developed. For them, waterfowl symbolized fertility. For the people of the North, the return of birds in spring was a promise of summer, of a new beginning. With the return of waterfowl, it was known that nature would awaken again. Waterfowl held the magic of fertility. This bird motif is from Hattula Luurila from the 11th century.


