Tuoni

Finnish god of death and lord of the underworld Tuonela.

Children

• Kalma
• Kiputyttö
• Kivutar
• Loviatar
• Vammatar

Domains

• death underworld

Powers

• Rule and judge the dead in Tuonela
• receives all souls into Tuonela across the death-river

Epithets

• Tuonelan isäntä latin · Tuonelan isanta · kalevalaLord of Tuonela (Manala); master of the dark death-river realmKalevala, runo 16 (primary)

Relations

• spouse: TuonetarReciprocal of finnish_tuonetar.spouse — Hostess 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)