Lauri Honko

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Lauri Honko's Degrees

• PhD Folklore University of Helsinki

Why Is Lauri Honko Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Lauri Olavi Honko was a Finnish professor of folklore studies and comparative religion. Life and work Honko was a disciple of Martti Haavio. His 1959 doctoral dissertation at the University of Helsinki was titled Krankheitsprojektile. Untersuchung über eine urtümliche Krankheitserklärung and developed a special typology for the analysis of ethnographic data in folk medicine. Here he put the Finnish folk tradition explanation of illness and healing into a global perspective and found distinct features and differences in geographical regions.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Lauri Honko?

Lauri Honko is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Turku
• University of Helsinki