For parömiologists, Finland is considered the promised land. This collection consists of 1,268 genuine Finnish proverbs. They trace back to ancient traditions, the Bible, the Finnish national epic Kalevala, the lyrical collection Kanteletar, as well as old spells, hunting and fishing, and the agrarian society. Modern anti-proverbs testify to the vitality of the genre. Finnish proverbs are particularly vivid and impress with a humor that views certain matters from a perspective surprising to non-Finns: gallows humor and self-irony are one side of the coin, while comfort for oneself and the surrounding environment is the other.