Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Ahti (or Ahto)" | Finland | God of the depths, giver of fish. |
Spirit name "Ajatar (sometimes Ajattara)" | Finland | An evil Forest spirit. |
"Akka" | Finland | The consort of Ukko. Finland |
Spirit name "Akka (old lady)" | Finland | Female spirit, feminine counterpart of "Ukko"[7]. |
God name "Akras" | Finland | The god of fertility and the protector of plants, especially the turnip. |
"Antero Vipunen" | Finland | Deceased giant, protector of deep knowledge and magic. |
Goddess name "Avfruvva" | Finland | Mermaid goddess of Finland |
God name "Egres" | Karelian / Finland | Fertility god. The deity responsible for the turnip crop. Also Akras.... |
God name "Egres/ Akras Karelian" | Finland | A fertility god in charge of the the turnip crop |
God name "Hiisi" | Pre - Christian Karelian / Finland | Tree god. Said to reside in pine Forests. After Christianization he was degraded to a troll.... |
God name "Hiisi Karelin" | Finland | A pre-Christian tree god that of course was demoted to mean devil, but in the eight minor sense |
God name "Ibmel" | Finland | A sky god and a general name for various gods. Finland |
God name "Iku-Turso" | Finland | A malevolent sea monster and a god of war. Finland |
God name "Ilma" | Finland | God of air. Symbolizes element of Air, the element of wind. Finland |
Spirit name "Ilmatar" | Finland | Female spirit of air; the daughter of primeval substance of creative spirit. Mother of Väinämöinen in Kalevala. |
Goddess name "Ilmatar" | Finland | The virgin goddess of the air. She is portrayed as androgynous with both male and female aspects, though she is primarily female. Despite her virginity, she was the mother of Vainamoinen, the god of music, Lemminkainen, god of magic, and Ilmarinen, the god of smithing. Finland |
Supreme god name "Jumala" | Finland | A generic name for a major deity. Originally the name given by the Finns to the sky, the sky-god, and the supreme god. Later taivas and Ukko were used as the names for the sky and the sky-god. The word means god and was later used for the Christian God. The origin of the word is unknown some possible explanations are derivation from Jomali, the supreme deity of the Permians and origination from the Estonian word jume. |
Hero name "Kalevanpoika (son/ man of Kaleva)" | Finland | A giant hero who can cut down Forests and mow down huge meadows, identical with Estonian national epic hero Kalevipoeg. |