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
Description: Fertility goddess. Concerned with childbirth and the future destiny of the infant. Consort of the sky god Num. Her sacred animals include the hare and the goose. Symbol: Birch tree
Other Names: Mader-Atcha. Description: First sky god, creator. No shape or identity, creative impulse only. Rules over sky, thunder, weather, twilight, dusk. Jumala (god) In Finnish mythology, a semiabstract term for the
Ilmarinen (maker of the sky?) In the Finnish epic poem The Kalevala, the smith, forger of the magic sampo. Ilmarinen constructed the magic sampo, a three-sided mill that ground out salt, grain,
Ilma Ilma is the primordial power of air, sky and atmosphere in Finnish mythology. Modern mythological references sometimes describe him as a male god who rules the air and is the father
Description: Tree god, said to reside in pine forests. After Christianization, he was reduced to a troll. Also described as a group of evil spirit that worked with Lempo and Paha and
Other Names: Atho Description: Chief god of waters and seas. Husband of Vellamo. Rules over water and the sea. He is the god prayed to by fishermen looking for a good catch
Akkruva (Avfruvva, Havfru) In FinnoUgric mythology, fish goddess worshipped in Lapland. Akkruva appeared as a mermaid, the upper part of her body human, her head covered with long hair, and her lower
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