Ilmatar

Finnish · deity · primordial · deity

Finnish primordial spirit of air, the virgin of creation and mother of Väinämöinen.

Domains

air
creation

Powers

Shape the earth, headlands and bays from her body
Cradle the world-egg on her knee
descends from the air to float on the primal sea for ages

Epithets

Luonnotar
ilman impi

Sources

Kalevala, runo I (Lönnrot)

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