Lux Ferre

Description: The sea goddess lived underwater with her daughters, the waves, who tended cattle and raised mysterious crops on the ocean floor.

Vainamoinen (Vainanoinen, Wainamoinen) (river’s mouth?) In the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala, a culture hero, son of Luonnotar, daughter of the air, who brought about creation. Vainamoinen was the inventor of the

Description: Thunder god. King of the gods, successor to Jumala. He was an elder of the universe and his existence guaranteed its survival. He remained aloof – mortals only saw rain clouds.

Other Names: Iki-Turso, Turisas, Turras Tursas (giant) In the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala (rune 2), a water spirit who aided the culture hero Vainamoinen in sowing the earth. At one time

Tuoni (death) In Finnish mythology, god of death who rules over Tuonela, the land of the dead, sometimes called Manala or Ulappala (wasteland). The land of the dead was reached by crossing

Description: The queen of death. Lived in a jungle of darkness somewhere on earth, divided from the land of the living by a black-water river. Tuonetar is queen of the Finnish realm

Description: Hunting god. God of water and woods. Husband of Mielikki, father of Nyyrikki and Tuulikki. Wore a fir hat and moss cloak. Rules over abundance of game. Believed to inhabit forests

Description: Vegetation god. He is perceived as a giver of life to seed that lies dormant through the winter months. His unnamed consort, to whom he is wed in a form of

Other Names: Akka, Maan-Eno, Ravdna, Roonikka Description: Forest Mother, storm and thunder goddess. Consort of the thunder god Ukko and responsible for rainbows after storms. She was incarnated in the rowan tree

Description: Goddess of spinning