Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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God name "Pellervo (or Sampsa Pellervoinen)" | Finland | The god of harvest. |
God name "Sampsa" | Finnish | vegetation god who gives life to seed who lies dormant through the Winter. Finnish |
God name "Sampsa (sedge)" | Pre - Christian Finnish | vegetation god. He is perceived as a giver of life to seed which lies dormant through the Winter months. His unnamed consort, to whom he is wed in a form of sacred marriage which takes place at sowing time, is also his stepmother.... |