Hiisi
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…
Category: Finnish Mythology
Haltia
Description: House goddess. She was said to live in each room’s roof beams, bringing good luck and health to the residents if they greeted her…
Ahti
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…
Akkruva
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…
Aino
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…
Aiatar
Aiatar is most frequently described as a malevolent disease spirit living in the forests of Estonia and Finland and on the tundra. Proximity is sufficient…