Ahti
Finnish · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Finnish god of the water and the deep, giver of fish, dwelling with his consort Vellamo.
Domains
- water
- fish
- seafaring and navigation
Powers
- Grant fish and bounty from the deep
- rules the water-realm Ahtola and its hundred sea-caves
- drives the fish and grants the catch to fishers and seal-hunters
Epithets
- Ahti Saarelainen 'Ahti the Islander', water-god (also a Lemminkäinen byname)Kalevala (Lönnrot 1849); Agricola, list of Häme gods (1551) (primary)
- Ahto alternate name of the water-god, used by Lönnrot to distinguish him from the heroWikipedia, 'Ahti' (secondary)
- aaltojen kuningas 'king of the waves'Kalevala (Crawford trans.), 'master of the billows' (primary)
Relations
- spouse: Vellamo
Sources
- existence: Ganander, Mythologia Fennica (1789); Kalevala (primary)