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 culture hero Vainamoinen. Marjatta, who lived in
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
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: 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.
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
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