Tuulikki
Finnish · deity · mythic · Recorded classification
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
- father: TapioReciprocal-needed on finnish_tapio — Tuulikki is the daughter of Tapio the forest-king, maiden of the forest game of Tapiola.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Runo 32; Tuulikki named daughter of Tapio (primary)
- mother: MielikkiReciprocal-needed on finnish_mielikki — Tuulikki is the daughter of Mielikki, mistress of the forest, alongside Tellervo and Nyyrikki.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Tapiola family; Tuulikki daughter of the forest-mistress Mielikki (primary)
Powers
- Drive the forest game toward the hunter
Epithets
- Tuulikki, Tapion tytar Tuulikki daughter of Tapio, her standing patronymic epithet in the forest-charmsKalevala (Lonnrot), Runo 32 forest-charm (primary)
Relations
- father: TapioReciprocal-needed on finnish_tapio — Tuulikki is the daughter of Tapio the forest-king, maiden of the forest game of Tapiola.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Runo 32; Tuulikki named daughter of Tapio (primary)
- mother: MielikkiReciprocal-needed on finnish_mielikki — Tuulikki is the daughter of Mielikki, mistress of the forest, alongside Tellervo and Nyyrikki.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Tapiola family; Tuulikki daughter of the forest-mistress Mielikki (primary)
- sibling: NyyrikkiReciprocal sibling link to finnish_nyyrikki — fellow child of the forest-couple Tapio and Mielikki.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Tapiola family (primary)
- sibling: TellervoReciprocal sibling link to finnish_tellervo — fellow daughter of the forest-couple Tapio and Mielikki.Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Tapiola family (primary)