Aino (peerless, splendid) In the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala (runes 3–5), a Lapp maiden who was to marry the culture hero Vainamoinen but was drowned instead. To ransom his life, her
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 and invoked before a hunt. In casting a
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: 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
Pellon Pekko Pellon Pekko, also written Pellonpekko and sometimes simply Pekko, is an old Finnish and Karelian spirit or deity of the fields, especially associated with barley, agriculture and the brewing of
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
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
Päivä: The Living Sun of Finnish Mythology Description: Finnish Sun Deity Päivä, often written Paiva when Finnish diacritical marks are omitted, is the divine personification of the Sun in Finnish mythology. Yet
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