Sampsa Pellervoinen
Finnish · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
Finnish vegetation spirit who sows all plant life at Väinämöinen's bidding.
Domains
- vegetation
- sowing
Powers
- Sow forests, fields and all vegetation
- sows the trees, fields, marshes and all vegetation of the earth
Epithets
- Sampsa Pellervoinen The boy of the fields; the sower who scatters the trees and plants over the bare earthKalevala, runo 2 (primary)
Relations
- companion: VäinämöinenThe slender sower who plants the forests and plant life at the sage's bidding when the bare world is first greened.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Runo 2 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Kalevala, runo II (Lönnrot) (primary)