Liekkiö
Finnish · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
TWO SENSES OF ONE WORD, AND THIS RECORD IS THE 1551 ONE. In later folklore a liekkiö is the restless spirit of a murdered or abandoned child — a class of being and not a figure, and it would be rejected under this programme's rules. Agricola's Liekkiö is a named god with a stated province, which is what is recorded here; the record does not claim the two senses are the same thing, and does not claim they are different. Carries a verified-solitary verdict: the 1551 line gives a function and no kin.
Domains
- grass roots and trees
Sources
- Liekkiö is named in Agricola's 1551 catalogue of the gods of Häme as the lord of grass, roots and trees.: Reference treatments of Agricola's 1551 list of Häme and Karelian gods, and of Liekkiö. (secondary)