
Ahti
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Ahti is a water god in Finnish mythology.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Finnish
- Deity.name
- Ahti
- Deity.image
- File:Muukka, Ahdin valtakunnassa.jpg
- Deity.caption
- In the Kingdom of Ahti (1934) by Elias Muukka
- Deity.deity_of
- King of the SeaKing of Water
- Deity.abode
- Water
- Deity.other_names
- Ahto, Ahvo
- Deity.gender
- Male
- Deity.ethnic_group
- Finns, Karelians
- Deity.spouse
- Vellamo
- Deity.offspring
- Vellamo's maiden
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Name
- Description
- Epithets
- In the ''Kalevala''
- Ahti Saarelainen
- References
- Sources
Ahti is a water god in Finnish mythology.
In the Kalevala, he is referred to with the name Ahto in order to not confuse him with the separate character Ahti Saarelainen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ahti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.