There is a tale that in the Lappland, if someone was at home, and another person was on his/her/it's way there but still some kilometers away, and it being important for the traveller to meet them at home. Then to near the outdoor came a feeling of presence or of some animal, knforming those at home about the one travelling in the cold.
In the old times there was a long distance between houses, and so it was important to be able to rely on tvings going well. And peiple there valued wandering in the nature and westhers, and so the lives were tuned towRd making such life well working, and animals shared the same view to travelling. I guess that it is people being afraid of accidents, making the society working well one reason for such presence.
