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Finnish · deity · primordial · deity

Finnish supreme sky and thunder god, invoked at moments of crisis in the Kalevala.

Domains

sky
thunder

Powers

Strike lightning and roll the thunder
Send rain to fertilize the fields

Epithets

ylijumala
Ukko ylinen / pilvien päällä

Relations

equated with: Sky Father
equated with: Sky and Thunder God

Sources

Kalevala (Lönnrot); Ganander, Mythologia Fennica

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