Forests were regarded as the domains of beings from folklore, and human visitors were expected to pay due respect to the owners.

The narrators talk about how natural phenomena and features in the terrain have been associated with folkloric concepts, such as different types of beings and specific gods, and how Finnish people in the past have related to these.

[1] Tale of a Forest made revenues corresponding to 813,324 US dollars from cinema screenings in Finland, which was the best performance ever for a Finnish documentary film.

[2] Panu Aaltio received the IFMCA Award for Best Original Score for a Documentary for his music for Tale of a Forest.

[1] Tale of a Forest is the first entry in a trilogy of standalone films that combine nature footage and Finnish mythology.