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Glossary

Aarni (Arni) The guardian of hidden treasures.
A-hava The West-wind; the father of the swift dogs.
Ahti The same as Lemminkainen.
Ahto The great god of the waters.
Ahto-la The water-castle of Ahto and his people.
Ahto-laiset The inhabitants of Ahtola.
Ai-nikki A sister of Ahti.
Aino (ino) Youkahainens sister.
Ante-ro A goddess of the waves.
Aiue-lake The lake into which the Fire-child falls.
An-nikki Ilmarinens sister.
Ante-ro Another name for Wipanen, or Antero Wipunen.
Duster-land The Northland; Pimentola.
Ete-letar A daugter of the South-wind.
Fire-Child A synonym of Panu.
Frost The English for Pakkanen.
Hallap-yora A lake in Finland.
Halti-a (plural Haltiat). The Genius of Finnish mythology.
Hete-wane The Finnish name of the Pleiades.
Hisi (original Hiisi) The Evil Principle; also called Jutas, Lempo, and Piru.
Monja-tar The daughter of the Pine-tree.
Horna A sacred rock in Finland.
Iku-Turso An evil giant of the sea.
Ilma-rinem The worker of the metals; a brother of Wainamoinen.
Ilma-tar Daughter of the Air, and mother of Wainamoinen.
Ilpo-tar Believed to be the daughter of the Snow flake; the same as Louhi.
Im-atra A celebrated waterfall near Wiborg.
Inger-land The present St. Petersburg.
Jamen (Yamen). A river of Finland.
Jordan Curiously, the river of Palestine.
Jouka-hainen (You-ka-hainen) A celebrated minstrel of Pohyola.
Jou-kola (You-kola) The home or dwelling of Youkahainen.
Ju-mala (You-mala) Originally the heavens, then the god of the heavens, and finally God.
Jutas (yutas). The Evil Principle; Hisi, Piru, and Lempo are synonyms,
Kaito-lainen A son of the god of metals; from his spear came the tongue of the serpent.
Ka-lervo The father of Kullervo.
Ka-leva (Kalewainen). The father of heroes; a hero in general.
Kale-vala (kaleva, hero, and la, the place of) The land of heroes; the name of the epic poem of Finland.
Kale-vatar (Kalewatar) Daughter of Kaleva.
Kal-evo The same as Kaleva.
Kalew Often used for Kaleva.
Kalma The god of death.
Kammo The father of Kimmo.
Kanka-hatta-ret The goddesses of weaving.
Kape. A synonym of Ilmatar, the mother of Wainamoinen.
Kapo A synonym of Osmotar.
Ka-relen A province of Finland.
Kar-jala, (karyala) The seat of the waterfall, Kaatrakoski.
Kate-jatar (katayatar) The daughter of the Pine-tree.
Katra-koski (Kaatrakoski) A waterfall in Karjala.
Kauko The same as Kaukomieli.
Kauko-mielli The same as Lemminkainen.
Kauppi The Snowshoe-builder; Lylikki.
Kemi A river of Finland.
Kimmo A name for the cow; the daughter of Kammo, the patron of the rocks.
Kipu-kivi The name of the rock at Hell-river, beneath which the spirits of all diseases are imprisoned.
Kirkon-Wœki Church dwarfs living under altars.
Knikka-no Same as Knippana.
Knippa-no Same as Tapio.
Koota-moinen The Moon.
Kosken-neiti The goddess of the cataract.
Kul-lervo The vicious son of Kalervo.
Kuller-woinen The same as Kullervo.
Kulli A beautiful daughter of Sahri.
Kun The Moon, and the Moon-god.
Kuntar One of the daughters of the Moon.
Kura (Kuura) The Hoar-frost; also called Tiera, a ball of ice.
Kul-likki (also Kylli). The Sahri-maiden whom Lemminkainen kidnapped.
Lakka Mother of Ilmarinen.
Lak-ko The hostess of Kalevala.
Lemmin-kainen One of the brothers of Wainamoinen; a son of Lempi.
Lempi-bay A bay of Finland.
Lempo The Evil Principle; same as Hisi, Piru, and Jutas.
Linnun-rata (Bird-way). The Milky-way.
Louhi The hostess of Pohyola.
Low-yatar Tuonis blind daughter, and the originator of the Plagues.
Luon-notar One of the mystic maidens, and the nurse of Wainamoinen.
Luo-tola A bay of Finland, named with Joukola.
Ly-likki (Lyylikki) Maker of the snow-shoe.
Maan-emo (man-emo) . The mother of the Earth.
Mahi-set (Maahi-set) The invisibly small deities of Finnish mythology.
Mamme-lainen The goddess of hidden treasures.
Mana A synonym of Tuoni, the god of death.
Mana-lainen The same as Mana.
Masri-atta (marja, berry) The Virgin Mary of Finnish mythology.
Matka-Teppo The road-god.
Mehi-lainen The honey-bee.
Mela-tar The goddess of the helm.
Metso-la The same as Tapiola, the abode of the god of the forest,
Mie-likki The hostess of the forest.
Mi-merkki A synonym of Mielikki.
Moskva. A province of Suomi.
Mu-rikki (Muurikki) The name of the cow.
Newa A river of Finland.
Ny-rikki A son of Tapio.
0smo The same as Osmoinen.
Os-noinen A synonym of Wainolas hero.
Osmo-tar The daughter of Osmo; she directs the brewing of the beer for Ilmarinens wedding-feast.
O-tava The Great Bear of the heavens.
Otso The bear of Finland.
Poeivoe The Sun, and the Sun god.
Paiva-tar The goddess of the summer.
Pakka-nen A synonym of Kura.
Pal-woinen A synonym of Turi, and also of Wirokannas.
Panu The Fire-Child, born from the sword of Ukko.
Para A tripod-deity, presiding over milk and cheese.
Peller-woinen The sower of the forests.
Peni-tar A blind witch of Pohyola; and the mother of the dog.
Pikku Mies The water-pigmy that felled the over
spreading oak-tree for Wainamoinen.
Pila-yatar (Pilajatar) The daughter of the Aspen; and the goddess of the Mountain-ash.
Piltti The maid-servant of Mariatta.
Pimen-tola A province of Finland; another name for Pohyola.
Piru The same as Lempo, Jutas, and Hisi.
Pisa. A mountain of Finland.
Pohya (Pohja) An abbreviated form for Pohyola.
Poh-yola (Poh-jola). The Northland; Lapland.
Pok-kanen The Frost, the son of Puhuri; a synonym of Tiera.
Puh-huri The North-wind; the father of Pokkanen.
Remmen The father of the hop-vine.
Remu The same as Remmen.
Ru-otus A persecutor of the Virgin Mariatta.
Rutya (Rutja) A waterfall of Northland.
Sahri (Saari) The home of Kyllikki.
Sampo The jewel that Ilmarinen forges from the magic metals; a talisman of success to the possessor; a continual source of strife between the tribes of the
North.
Sampsa A synonym of Pellerwoinen.
Sara The same as Sariola.
Sari-ola The same as Pohyola.
Satka A goddess of the sea.
Sawa (Sawo) The eastern part of Finland.
Sima Pilli (Honey-flute). The flute of Sima-suu.
Sima-Suu One of the maidens of Tapio.
Sine-tar The goddess of the blue sky.
Si-netta-ret The goddesses of dyeing.
Sukka-mieli The goddess of love.
Suomi (swomi) The ancient abode of the Finns.
Suone-tar (swone-tar) The goddess of the veins.
Suo-wakko An old wizard of Pohyola.
Suoya-tar (Syojatar) The mother of the serpent.
Suve-tar (Suve, summer) Goddess of the South-wind
Su-wanto-lainen Another name for Wainamoinen.
Taehti The Polar Star.
Ta-hetar The daughter of the Stars.
Taivas The firmament in general.
Ta-nika A magic mansion of Pohja.
Tapi-o The god of the forest.
Tel-lervo A daughter of Tapio.
Terhe-netar Daughter of the Fog.
Tiera Same as Kura; the Hoar-frost.
Tonttu A little house-spirit.
Tua-metar Daughter of the Alder-tree.
Tu-letar (Tuuletar). A goddess of the winds.
Tu-likki (Tuullkki). One of the daughters of Tapio.
Tuo-nela The abode of Tuoni.
Tuonen Poika The son of Tuoni.
Tuo-netar The hostess of Death-land; a daughter of Tuoni.
Tu-oni The god of death.
Turi (Tuuri) The god of the Honey-land.
Turja (turya) Another name for Pohya.
Turya-lander An epithet for one of the tribe of Louhi.
Turya (Tyrja) A name for the waterfall of Rutya.
Ukko The Great Spirit of Finnish mythology; his abode is in Jumala.
Ukon-koiva (Ukkos dog) The messenger of Ukko; the butterfly.
Ulap-pala Another term for the abode of Tuoni.
Undu-tar Goddess of the fog.
Uni The god of sleep.
Unta-mala A synonym for "the dismal Sariola."
Un-tamo The god of dreams; the dreamer; a brother of Kalervo, and his enemy.
Untar The same as Undutar.
Unto The same as Untamo.
Utu-tytto The same as Undutar.
Wainam-oinen (Vainamoinen) The chief hero of the Kalevala; the hero of Wainola, whose mother, Ilmatar, fell from the air into the ocean.
Waino (Vaino) The same as Wainamoinen.
Wai-nola The home of Wainamoinen and his people; a synonym of Kalevala.
Wel-lamo The hostess of the waters.
Wete-hinen, An evil god of the sea.
Wi-punen (Vipunen). An old song-giant that swallowed Wainamoinen searching for the "lost words."
Wiro-kannas (Virokannas). Ruler of the wilderness; the slayer of the huge bull of Suomi; the priest that baptizes the son of Mariatta.
Woya-lander (Vuojalander). An epithet for Laplander.
Wuoksen (Vuoksen). A river in the east of Finland.
Wuoksi The same as Wuoksen.

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