Tuonetar
Finnish · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Finnish queen of the underworld Tuonela, consort of Tuoni.
Children
Domains
- death underworld
Powers
- Receive the dead and serve the ale of oblivion
- serves new-come souls the ale of oblivion that wipes the memory of life
Epithets
- Tuonen akka 'the crone / wife of Tuoni', queen of the deadLore of Ancestors, 'Tuonetar' (secondary)
Relations
- spouse: TuoniHostess and queen of Tuonela who serves Vainamoinen the beer of the dead; consort of the death-lord Tuoni.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Runo 16 (primary)
Sources
- existence: Kalevala, runo XVI (Lönnrot) (primary)