Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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Iku-Turso, a monstrous and malevolent sea-creature of Finnish myth — a colossal beast of the deep ocean imagined as a giant octopus or many-armed terror,
The Näkki, a dangerous shapeshifting water-spirit of Finnish myth that dwells in lakes, rivers and beneath bridges, luring and dragging the unwary —
Otso, the sacred bear of Finnish myth, “the king of the forest” — the most revered forest creature, born among the stars and so holy its true name was
Hiisi, a malevolent spirit and the dangerous haunted places it inhabits in Finnish myth — a goblin-demon of the forests, mountains and stony wilds, a
Loviatar, the dread hag-goddess of disease and pestilence in Finnish myth — the blind, hideous daughter of the death-gods who, impregnated by the cruel
Akka, “the Old Woman” — the great earth-mother and fertility goddess of Finnish myth, the consort of the sky-god Ukko, goddess of the soil, the harvest,
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
