Nyyrikki

Son of the forest-king Tapio and the forest-mistress Mielikki, and a god of the hunt and of forest cattle in Tapiola. He marks and blazes the hunt-paths through the wood so that those he favours are guided to the best game, and is invoked in the Kalevala hunting-prayers (Lemminkainen Hiisi-elk hunt; bear-hunt charms), called the tall son of Tapio in his red cap and blue cloak. Wired as son of finnish_tapio and finnish_mielikki.

Parentage

• father: TapioReciprocal-needed on finnish_tapio — Nyyrikki is the son of Tapio the forest-king, god of the hunt-paths of Tapiola.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Runo 14; Nyyrikki named son of Tapio (primary)
• mother: MielikkiReciprocal-needed on finnish_mielikki — Nyyrikki is the son of Mielikki, mistress of the forest, alongside his sisters Tellervo and Tuulikki.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Runo 14; Nyyrikki son of the forest-mistress Mielikki (primary)

Powers

• Open and mark the hunt-paths of the forest

Epithets

• Tapion poika finnish · folkSon of Tapio, his standing patronymic epithet in the hunting-charmsKalevala (Lonnrot), Runo 14 hunting-charm (primary)
• Nyyrikki, Tapion poika, sini-viitta, lakki-puna finnish · folkNyyrikki son of Tapio, blue-cloaked, red-capped, the descriptive hunt-charm formulaKalevala (Lonnrot), Runo 14 (primary)

Relations

• father: TapioReciprocal-needed on finnish_tapio — Nyyrikki is the son of Tapio the forest-king, god of the hunt-paths of Tapiola.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Runo 14; Nyyrikki named son of Tapio (primary)
• mother: MielikkiReciprocal-needed on finnish_mielikki — Nyyrikki is the son of Mielikki, mistress of the forest, alongside his sisters Tellervo and Tuulikki.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Runo 14; Nyyrikki son of the forest-mistress Mielikki (primary)
• sibling: TellervoReciprocal sibling link to finnish_tellervo — fellow child of the forest-couple Tapio and Mielikki.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Tapiola family; Tellervo daughter of Tapio and Mielikki (primary)
• sibling: TuulikkiReciprocal sibling link to finnish_tuulikki — fellow child of the forest-couple Tapio and Mielikki.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Tapiola family; Tuulikki daughter of Tapio and Mielikki (primary)

Sources

• existence: Elias Lonnrot, Kalevala (1849 New Kalevala) Runo 14 (hunting-charms in Tapiola) (primary); Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot (Old Songs of the Finnish People), hunting / bear-rite charms invoking Nyyrikki (primary); Anna-Leena Siikala, Itamerensuomalaisten mytologia (2012) (secondary)