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Aiatar

Aiatar: The Disease Spirit of the Northern Wilds Aiatar is a malevolent spirit of disease said to haunt the forests of Finland and Estonia, as well as the remote northern tundra. She
25 July 2017

Kalma

Description: Goddess of death and decay, haunted graveyards, snatching the flesh of the dead. In Tuonela, she lived in an invisible country guarded by the flesh-eating monster, Surma. Daughter of Tuoni and Tuonetar. Kalma is a death goddess who lives
24 September 2017

Hiisi

Description: Tree god, said to reside in pine forests. After Christianization, he was reduced to a

Rauni

Other Names: Akka, Maan-Eno, Ravdna, Roonikka Description: Forest Mother, storm and thunder goddess. Consort of the

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 in sowing the earth. At one time
24 September 2017

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 of the dead was reached by crossing
24 September 2017

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. Tuonetar is queen of the Finnish realm
24 September 2017

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 abundance of game. Believed to inhabit forests
24 September 2017

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 he is wed in a form of
24 September 2017

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. Melded with St. Peter under Christian influence.
24 September 2017

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. In one myth, Paivatar is the sun
24 September 2017

Pajainen

Pajainen: Slayer of the Great Bull Pajainen is one of the most obscure figures associated with pre-Christian Finnish and Karelian mythology. Unlike famous deities such as Ukko, Tapio and Ahti, he has
24 September 2017

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