Hongatar
Finnish · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
A GODDESS WHOSE ATTESTATION IS A SONG SHE IS HALF OF. The peijaiset chant is a dialogue and she has one of the two parts; that is a form of attestation this corpus rarely records, and it is stronger than most.
Domains
- bears
- pines
Relations
- mother of: OtsoIn-batch.Reference treatment: Hongatar is known as the mother of the bear, and the peijaiset chant is a dialogue between the killed bear and her. (secondary)
Sources
- Hongatar is the mother of the bear in Finnish tradition, the guest of the bear-feast, and one voice of the dialogue chanted at it.: Reference treatments of Hongatar and of the Finnish bear cult. (secondary)