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13	[[folder:Deities]]
14	!!Äijö
15	Äijö was most likely the supreme god. He also was an Estonian god of sleep.
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17	* AmbiguousGender: Sometimes he switches genders, but Äijö is generally male, however.
18	%%* CrystalDragonJesus: As a result this is what he became associated with all kinds of monsters in different accounts and bearing different children in different accounts and runos. It doesnt help that he is associated with different things in different areas, such as sky in Finland, lightning and storm in Karelia and sleep in Estonia.%%Confused focus, bad grammar. Difficult to tell what this is supposed to be.
19	* IHaveManyNames: He has numerous names in various Baltic-Finnic mythologies. In Estonia he's called Äiö, while in southern Finland he is called Pitkänen.
20	%%* TrulySingleParent: In accounts and stories where he bears various children.%%ZCE
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22	!!Tapio
23	Tapio is a forest spirit or deity, who figured prominently in the Kalevala. Hunters prayed to him before a hunt. His wife is the goddess of the forest, Mielikki. He was the father of Annikki, Tellervo, Nyyrikki (the god of hunting), and [[FriendToAllLivingThings Tuulikki]]. Fitting the Green Man archetype, Tapio has a beard of lichen and eyebrows of moss.
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25	* AngelUnaware: He can visit forest bonfires in humanoid form at night.
26	%%* GardenGarment: He's described like the greenman archetype.
27	%%* HappilyMarried: No bumps in his marriage with Mielikki.
28	%%* NatureIsNotNice: Respect the forest.%%... or?
29	* NatureSpirit: He's a god of the forest.
30	* PlantPerson: He has a beard of lichen and eyebrows made of moss.
31	* TheTrickster: He's often rather passive, and shows himself rarely to humans, but when does can be unpredictable.
32	* WhenTreesAttack: He often appears as a tree. When angered he can suffocate people.
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34	!!Mielikki
35	Mielikki is the Goddess of Forests and Hunting. She is referred to in various tales as the wife of Tapio. She is said to have played a central role in the creation of the bear.
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37	* AngelUnaware: She sometimes wondered in the woods as an old man or woman.
38	%%* AnimalMotifs: Bears.
39	%%* FertileFeet: Green-woman.
40	%%* GaiasVengeance: She's a goddess of forest, and it's not good to anger her since most of Finland is covered by forests.%%How does she actually fit this trope?
41	%%* GardenGarment: She's often depicted as green-woman.%%Meaning?
42	* HealingHands: She has healing powers.
43	* InHarmonyWithNature: One of her duties is to take care of forest animals.
44	* MotherNature: She the mother of other nature goddesses.
45	%%* NatureIsNotNice: Don't anger her.
46	* NatureSpirit: She's a goddess of the forest.
47	%%* {{Ranger}}: Weapon of choice: bow and arrows.
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49	!!Ahti
50	Ahti was a god of the sea and of fishing, portrayed as a man with a handlebar moustache and a beard of moss. He's the consort of Vellamo, and they dwell in the undersea palace of Ahtola.
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52	* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Vellamo are the stoic couple.
53	%%* FatherNeptune
54	* TheStoic: He's described as aloof.
55	%%* TheQuietOne: Often seen as.
56	%%* SeadogBeard:
57	* WeirdBeard: He has a bear made out of moss.
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59	!!Vellamo
60	Vellamo is the goddess of the sea, the wife of Ahti. The name is derived from the verb velloa, "to rock oneself." She is sometimes described as "cold hearted". Along with Ahti, she dwells in the undersea palace of Ahtola. She is often pictured as a mermaid.
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63	* ArousedByTheirVoice: She's sometimes portrayed singing and seducing men.
64	%%* BirdsOfAFeather: With Ahti.
65	%%* BrownNote: Her singing.
66	%%* EmotionlessGirl:
67	* HealingHands: She's a capable healer.
68	* IceQueen: She's sometimes described as a cold-hearted and distant character.
69	%%* TheQuietOne
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71	!!Kalma
72	Kalma is a goddess of death and decay. She lives in Tuonela, the Finnish Underworld, and is accompanied by monster dog Surma.
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74	* TheGrimReaper: She normally lived in the realm of Tuonela but occasionally came into the realms of the living to seize the dead.
75	%%* IceQueen: Cold as death.
76	* {{Psychopomp}}: She's most often depicted guiding the dead to the gates of Tuonela where from [[TheFerryman Tuonen Tytti]] takes them to Tuonela proper.
77	%%* RightHandAttackDog: Surma
78	* TheQuietOne: Passive and unwilling to take any part on duties that don't belong to her.
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80	!!Loviatar
81	She is a blind daughter of Tuoni, the god of death. She was impregnated by wind and gave birth to nine sons, the nine diseases. In some poems, she also gives birth to a tenth child who is a girl.
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83	%%* AntagonisticOffspring: Of Tuoni and Tuonetar who are rather decent folk.
84	* DisabledDeity: She's blind.
85	* DiseasedName: Loviatar's nine sons, fathered by either the wind or the sea-monster Iku-Turso, are named Colic, Pleurisy, Fever, Ulcer, Plague, Consumption, Gout, Sterility, and Cancer.
86	* GodOfEvil: She was possibly the only solely evil deity in Finnish pantheon. In addition to that, she is actually titled as the goddess of evil.
87	* PlagueMaster: She's the mother of the diseases of the world.
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89	!!Tuoni
90	God of Tuonela, the Underworld.
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92	* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Tuonetar are the polite but stoic couple.
93	* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being the lord of the dead, he's described as a hospitable and polite host.
94	%%* TheDreaded: Despite being rather benevolent host.
95	* {{Egopolis}}: He rules an underworld called Tuonela.
96	* EverybodyHatesHades: He's the ruler of the underworld, and so therefore not very popular.
97	%%* SacredHospitality: That's what it is in Finnish underworld.%%How?
98	* TheSacredDarkness: Tuonela is generally cold and dark but peaceful place, and no living person is allowed to enter.
99	%%* TheStoic: Despite the politeness.
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101	!!Tuonetar
102	Tuonetar is the queen of the underworld.
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104	* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Tuoni are the polite but stoic couple.
105	* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being the queen of the dead, she's described as a hospitable and polite host.
106	%%* TheHighQueen: Of underworld.
107	%%* HappilyMarried: With Tuoni.
108	* ProperLady: Virgin of death, kind, polite yet calm Queen of Underworld.
109	%%* VirginPower: She is recognized as the Virgin of Death.%%And the "power" comes in because...?
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111	!!Tuulikki
112	Tuulikki (pronounced TOO-le-kee) is the goddess of forest creatures, daughter of [[MotherNature Mielikki]] and [[PlantPerson Tapio]]. Her name means "little wind", and she plays a role very similar to that of her mother. Both Tuulikki and Mielikki were asked to help hunters in finding game, and Tuulikki also protected breeding animals, ensuring a continuing supply.
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114	%%* AllLovingHero: Can be seen as.%%Tropes are not ambiguous. Is she or isn't she?
115	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Her duties include protecting forests and their animals, especially smaller ones, and protecting breeding animals. She is also otherwise described as being very benevolent and kind.
116	* InnocentFlowerGirl: Nature goddess, nicest one around.
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118	!!Nyyrikki
119	Nyyrikki is the God of Hunting, and a son of Tapio. He has been tenuously associated with Nimrod.
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121	* MagicalGuide: He helps hunters to navigate in the forest:
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123	!!Tellervo
124	Tellervo is the Goddess of Forests. She was the daughter of Tapio and looks after cattle.
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126	!!Ainikki
127	Sometimes called Annikki, she's a daughter of Tapio.
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129	* LightemUp: She's sometimes described as a goddess of light.
130	* TimeMaster: She's sometimes associated with eternity.
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132	!!Lempo
133	God of love.
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135	%%* AnimalMotifs: Moose.
136	* AmbiguousGender: He's described as a man and as a woman without roughly equal frequency.
137	* TheBeastmaster: Mooses are their followers, and they can summon them as well.
138	%%* LoveGoddess
139	%%* LoveMakesYouCrazy: What ancient Finns believed.%%And what did they believe?
140	%%* ThePowerOfLove: Their main duty.
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142	!!Peko
143	Peko is an ancient Estonian and Finnish god of crops, especially barley and brewing.
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145	* {{Animorphism}}: He can transform into a butterfly.
146	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: He's sometimes called Pekko or Pekka.
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149	[[folder:Mythical Creatures]]
150	!!Luonnotars
151	Luonnotars are female nature spirits. Some are old women, but most are young and beautiful.
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153	%%* NatureSpirit: As in description.
154	%%* OurElvesAreDifferent: Often appear very elf-like, at last the way elves are usually presented in modern fiction.%%How?
155	* OurFairiesAreDifferent: They're often described as fairy-like spirits or mythical creatures.
156	* OurSpiritsAreDifferent: They're usually described spirits or at least spirit-like forest creatures.
157	* SpiritAdvisor: Luonnotars often give advice to characters in the ''Kalevala''.
158	%%* TheTrickster: Although usually benevolent, they aren't always only helpful beings.%%Meaning?
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160	!!Haltijat
161	Haltija (haltia) is a spirit or creature that guards, helps or protects something or somebody. Haltijas are the main and most common mythological creatures in Finnish mythology. There are lots of different haltijas. Nature has its own haltijas, for example the haltijas of water and haltijas of the forest. The graveyard has its own haltijas, Kalman väki, ("folk of death"). The ancestor spirit association is also present with haltia. For long it was believed that the first person to set a fire in the stove of a newly built house would become its haltia after death, looking after and protecting its occupants. Later on these spirits became mixed with the Scandinavian tomte, and became invisible, gnome-like servants of the household with no history as deceased humans, similar to the house elves of Anglo-Saxon lore.
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163	* ElementalPowers: Everything has a haltija, including the elements.
164	%%* GuardianEntity:
165	%%* OurElvesAreDifferent: Original descriptions of haltija are reminiscent of elves.%%How?
166	%%* OurSpiritsAreDifferent: There are lots of different types of haltijas.
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168	!!Luonto
169	Haltijas who serve as the guardian spirits of people.
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171	%%* GuardianEntity
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