Veden emo
Finnish · numen · mythic · Recorded classification
TYPE numen AND NOT deity, BECAUSE THE NAME IS A DESCRIPTION. Veden emo is nearer to a title than to a personal name and the same phrase is used in later folklore of water-spirits generally; what is certain is that Agricola listed it among twelve Karelian gods with a function of its own, and the record holds it on that footing and no higher. The corpus already holds Ahti and Vellamo, who are the named water-gods of the Kalevala; no edge is drawn to either, because the sources do not draw one. Carries a verified-solitary verdict.
Domains
- fishing
Sources
- Veden emo is named in Agricola's 1551 Karelian list as the water-mother who drove the fish into the net.: Reference treatments of Agricola's 1551 list of Häme and Karelian gods. (secondary)