Tuulikki

Daughter of the forest-king Tapio and the forest-mistress Mielikki, a maiden of Tapiola and goddess of the forest game-animals; her name reads as little wind. She is invoked in the Kalevala forest-charms (Runo 32) alongside Tapio, Mielikki, Tellervo and Nyyrikki to drive the game and the kine from the thickets toward the hunter and herder. Wired as daughter of finnish_tapio and finnish_mielikki and sister of Nyyrikki and Tellervo.

Parentage

• Tapio
• Mielikki

Powers

• Drive the forest game toward the hunter

Epithets

• Tuulikki, Tapion tytar

Relations

• father: Tapio
• mother: Mielikki
• sibling: Nyyrikki
• sibling: Tellervo

Sources

• Elias Lonnrot, Kalevala (1849 New Kalevala) Runo 32 (forest and herding charms)
• Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot (Old Songs of the Finnish People), forest / hunting charms naming Tuulikki
• Anna-Leena Siikala, Itamerensuomalaisten mytologia (2012)