Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Vellamo, the goddess of the sea and waters in Finnish myth — the gracious wife of the water-god Ahti and mistress of Ahtola beneath the waves, patroness
Tuonetar, the goddess and queen of the underworld in Finnish myth — the hag-wife of the death-god Tuoni and mistress of Tuonela, who greets the dead at
Tuoni, the god and personification of death in Finnish myth, ruler of Tuonela the grim underworld — the dark lord of the land of the dead beyond a black
Ahti (Ahto), the god of the waters in Finnish myth — the bearded lord of the sea, lakes and rivers and master of the fish who dwells beneath the waves
Mielikki, the gracious goddess of the forest and the hunt in Finnish myth — the beautiful, benevolent wife of the forest-king Tapio and mistress of the
Tapio, the god of the forest in Finnish myth — the moss-bearded lord of the woodlands and master of the game animals, clad in bark and lichen, whose
Louhi, the great witch-queen of the Kalevala — the powerful, cunning mistress of Pohjola, the dark land of the north, a mighty sorceress and shapeshifter
Lemminkäinen, the reckless warrior-hero of the Kalevala — a hot-blooded adventurer and magician whose quest to shoot the swan of Tuonela led to his death
Ilmarinen, the divine smith of the Kalevala — the eternal hammerer who forged the dome of the sky itself and wrought the magical Sampo, the mill of
Väinämöinen, the central hero of the Kalevala and greatest figure of Finnish myth — the eternal sage and divine bard born old and wise, whose magical
