Estonian gods

'''''' (), is a thunder and weather god in Finnish mythology, whose vital role is fertilizing fields with his thunder and rain.

Peko (Finnish spelling Pekko, Pekka, Pellon Pekko) is an ancient Estonian and Finnish god of crops, especially barley and brewing. In the area of Setomaa, between Estonia and Russia, inhabited by the Seto language-speaking Setos, the cult of Peko was alive until the 20th century. Today, the Seto people (an ethnic group of Estonians in the south-east of the country) also revere Peko as their national hero and king, the name and figure are widely used as a national symbol.

thumb|The word as the name of God in a Finnish Lutheran church in Russia ( – ) (), () or (Mari) means in the Finnic languages and those of the Volga Finns (Mari, Erzya and Moksha languages), both the Christian God and any other deity of any religion. The word is thought to have been the name of a sky god of the ancient Finnic-speaking peoples. Jumala as a god of the sky is associated with the related Estonian , Mari and is thought to stem from an ancient tradition of the Finno-Ugric peoples.

Tharapita (variations of the name include Taara, Tooru, and Tarapitha), also known as Jumal, is a prominent god in Estonian mythology, with a strong resemblance to the Finnish Ukko and the Germanic Thor.

thumb|Kalevipoeg and Vanapagan by [[Kristjan Raud (undated)]] thumb|Vanapagan's stone in the village of Kivilõppe In Estonian mythology, Vanatühi ("Old empty one", or alternatively, Vanapagan, "Old devil") is a/the devil or god of the underworld, a giant farmer who is more stupid than malevolent.

deity of songs in Estonian pseudo-mythology

thumb|Pikker (Oskar Kallis, 1914) Pikne (also Piken or Pikker: the long one) is the god of lightning in Estonian mythology. In Finnish, lightning is sometimes called Pitkäinen, which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are taboo euphemisms.