Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Kave" | Finland | Ancient god of sky, later the deity of the lunar cycle. Father of Väinämöinen. Also Kaleva. |
"Kotitonttu" | Finland | Tutelary of the home. |
Hero name "Kullervo" | Finland | Tragic antihero. Model for Túrin Turambar in Tolkien's Silmarillion. |
God name "Kuu" | Finland | God of moon. |
"Lalli" | Finland | Finn who slew Bishop Henry on the ice of lake Köyliö, according to a legend. |
Hero name "Lemminkäinen (Ahti Saarelainen, Kaukomieli)" | Finland | A brash hero. |
Demon name "Lempo" | Finland | Originally a fertility spirit, became synonymous with demon in the Christian era. |
"Louhi" | Finland | The matriarch of Pohjola, hostess of the underworld. |
"Loviatar" | Finland | The blind daughter of Tuoni and the mother of Nine diseases. |
Spirit name "Luonnotar" | Finland | spirit of nature, feminine creator. |
Spirit name "Menninkäinen" | Finland | A fairy spirit, gnome. |
Goddess name "Mielikki" | Finland | wife of Tapio, the goddess of the Forest. |
God name "Nyyrikki" | Finland | The god of hunting, son of Tapio. |
Spirit name "Näkki" | Finland | The fearsome spirit of pools, wells and bridges. Same as Nix. |
Spirit name "Otso" | Finland | The spirit of bear (one of many cirçúɱlocutory epithets). |
God name "Pajainen" | Finnish | A god, the deity that killed the great bull in the legends of Finland |
God name "Pajonn" | Finland | God of thunder known as the one who dwells in the heaven. Finland |
God name "Pekko" | Pre - Christian Finnish / Baltic regions | God of cereal crops. In Finland he is PELLON PEKKO and specifically a god of barley used in brewing beer. In Estonia he is a corn god whose image, made of wax, was kept in the corn chest. He was originally honored on a day taken over by a Christian festival for St. Peter.... |