Ahti
Finnish · deity · mythic · deity
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
- Ahto
- aaltojen kuningas
Relations
Sources
- Ganander, Mythologia Fennica (1789); Kalevala
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