Hongatar
Finnish · deity · mythic · deity
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: Otso
Sources
- Reference treatments of Hongatar and of the Finnish bear cult.