Pekko
Finnish · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Finnic god of barley, crops and brewing, named in Agricola's 1551 list and Seto tradition.
Domains
- barley crops
- brewing
- agriculture
Powers
- Make the barley grow and the beer ferment
- ripens the barley and quickens the fermenting of beer
Epithets
- Pellon Pekko 'Pekko of the field', barley- and brewing-godMikael Agricola, preface to the Psalter (1551), list of Karelian gods (primary)
Sources
- existence: Mikael Agricola, 1551 list of Karelian deities (Pellon Pekko) (primary)