Tapio

Finnish forest god and master of game, ruling Tapiola with his consort Mielikki.

Children

• Nyyrikki
• Tellervo
• Tuulikki

Domains

• forest
• the hunt
• wild animals

Powers

• Release forest game to worthy hunters
• hosts hunters as lord of Tapiola and opens the forest's stores

Epithets

• Metsän isäntä finnish · Metsän isäntä'Master/Lord of the forest', god of gameKalevala, Runo 14; Agricola, list of Häme gods (1551) (primary)
• Metsän kuningas Finnish · Metsän kuningas · epithet'King of the Forest'Wikipedia, 'Tapio (spirit)' (secondary)

Relations

• spouse: MielikkiReciprocal of finnish_mielikki.spouse — Mistress of Tapiola, invoked beside her husband the forest-master in hunters' and herders' charms.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Runos 14, 32 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Kalevala (Lönnrot); Agricola's 1551 list of Tavastian gods (primary)