KALEVALANS (FINNISH GODS)
Classification:
Location/Base of Operations: Kalevala
Known Members: Akka (Gaea), Ukko, Vammatar
Affiliations: Other races of Gods
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First Appearance: Thor I#300
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The realm of the Finnish Gods was called Kalevala. This is also the name of one of the few existing works describing them.
Vammatar is a Hyborian Era
sorceress. Her name is an obvious derivation of:
Vammatar, the Finnish goddess of evil and misfortune,
daughter of Tuoni (god of the underworld (Manala)) and Tuonetar
(goddess of the death);
The River of the Underworld is known
as Tuonelan Joki, which means "The River of the Place of Tuoni (Manala).
Tuonetar and Tuoni are not very
famous gods and are often viewed as a pair.
I'd love to connect the two, but since it's unlikely for either
to be seen again, explanations will not be forthcoming.
Louhi is another Hyborian Era sorceress,
involved with the Hyperboreans.
Louhi is the frozen goddess who rules the
other-dimensional realm of Pohjola, one of the worlds in the
Cosmology of the Finnish Gods.
Connections unknown. Maybe there's something to this?
http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/finnishmyth/indexbasenor.html has been recommended by as a good resource for the Finnish Gods.
Vammatar was mentioned in the Council of Godheads entry in OHotMU 2006#3.
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Last updated: 02/09/03
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