Vellamo

Finnish water-goddess, mistress of lakes and sea, consort of Ahti; the pair dwell at the bottom of the sea in Ahtola. Named already in Ganander Mythologia Fennica (1789) and recurrent in Kalevala-metre fishing-charms (the vesiluvut). Authored as the attested but previously unregistered spouse of the corpus figure finnish_ahti, whose record names her repeatedly as his consort.

Domains

• water
• sea and lakes
• fish

Powers

• Drive the fish and give the catch from the deep
• Rule the sea-realm Ahtola with Ahti and guard its creatures

Epithets

• Veen emanta

Relations

• spouse: Ahti

Sources

• Ganander, Christfrid. Mythologia Fennica (1789), Vellamo.
• Kalevala (Lonnrot 1849), Ahti and Vellamo of the sea-realm; Runo 48.
• Siikala, Anna-Leena. Itamerensuomalaisten mytologia (2012).