Author: Lux Ferre

Metsanneitsyt (forest virgin) In Finnish mythology, a spirit who lures men to make love to her. She is beautiful in front, but her back is…

Marjatta (Mariatta) (berry) In the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala (rune 50), virgin mother of a child who becomes king of Karelia and replaces the…

Maiden of Pohjola : In the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala, elder daughter of Louhi, the evil mistress of Pohjola, the Northland. Louhi promised her…

Lempi (erotic) In Finnish mythology, personification of erotic love; father of the hero Lemminkainen in the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala. In the epic the…

Lemminkainen (lover boy) In the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala, handsome hero noted for his romantic and heroic exploits. Lemminkainen’s love life forms a good…

Kurra is in the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala (rune 30), companion of the hero Lemminkainen. When Lemminkainen wooed the Maiden of Pohjola, he asked…

Kullervo (gold, dear one) In the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala (runes 31–36), a tragic hero who unknowingly raped his sister, then in remorse committed…

Kalevala, The (the land of heroes) Finnish epic poem compiled by Elias Lönnrot from oral traditions in Karelia, now part of Russia. The first edition…

Joukahainen (Youkahainen) (genius of ice and snow?) In the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala, an evil youth who entered into a contest with Vainamoinen and…

Hittola (demon’s domain) In Finnish mythology, a dreary region with charred and burned heaths and hills, not far from Pohjola, the Northland. It is filled…