Tursas
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…
Category: Finnish Mythology
Tuoni
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…
Tuonetar
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.…
Tapio
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…
Sampsa
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…
Rauni
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.…
Pellon Pekko
Description: Vegetation god. The deity responsible for the germination and harvesting of barley used to make beer. The first brewing is dedicated to Pellen Pekko.…
Pellervoinen
Description: God of fields, trees and plants. Rules over fields, trees, plants, harvest, fertility.
Paivatar
Description: She was called “competent maid” or “resplendent of the shaft-bow of the sky”. The spinning sun virgin who wove daylight from a rainbow arch.…