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

• Tapio
• Mielikki

Powers

• Open and mark the hunt-paths of the forest

Epithets

• Tapion poika
• Nyyrikki, Tapion poika, sini-viitta, lakki-puna

Relations

• father: Tapio
• mother: Mielikki
• sibling: Tellervo
• sibling: Tuulikki

Sources

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