Kalevala, The (the land of heroes) Finnish epic poem compiled by Elias Lönnrot from oral traditions in Karelia, now part of Russia. The first edition contained 12,078 lines, the second, 22,795. The word Kalevala is derived from Kaleva, a mythical
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
Haltia The haltia, also written haltija, is a guardian or ruling spirit found in Finnish and wider Baltic-Finnic folk belief. Although sometimes described in modern sources as a household goddess or familiar
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
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
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