Every myth carries a truth older than the civilization that told it.
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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
Ukko, “the Old Man” — the supreme sky-god and thunder-god of Finnish mythology, lord of the weather, thunder and harvest, whose name became the Finnish
Ilmatar, the great creator-mother of Finnish myth and the “Air-Maiden” — the primordial goddess who descended into the primal sea, from whose knee the
Discover Sina, the beloved heroine of Samoan and Polynesian myth — the maiden loved by an enchanted eel, from whose buried head grew the first coconut
Discover Mafui’e, the Samoan god of earthquakes and keeper of subterranean fire — the fierce one-armed deity of the underworld who lost an arm to the hero
