Louhi
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Louhi (; alternate names include Loviatar (), Loveatar, Lovetar, Lovehetar, Louhetar and Louhiatar) is the ruler of Pohjola in Finnish mythology. She is regarded as a goddess of death and disease. She is also the mother of wolves. Her original role was likely as the ruler of the underworld.
Key facts
- Deity.other_names
- Forest Finns: Loho, LuukkaKainuu: Louki, SyvätärKarelia: Lavekämmen, Laviatar, Lavokämmen, Lohetar, Lohettari, Lohiatar, Lohjatar, Lohja-tartta, Lokahatar, Louhetar, Louhutar, Loveatar, Lovehetar, Lovetar, Loviatar, Loviitar, Lovin eukko, Loviotar, Lovviitar, Luovatar, Penitar, Peniätär, Syvätär, ÄkäätärOstrobothnia: Laviatar, Louhiatar, LovehetarSavonia: Lakeitar, Launavatar, Louhiatar, Louhietar, Loveatar, Loviatar, Ähyttär, Ähötäri, Äijötär
- Deity.animals
- Wolf
- Deity.offspring
- Nine diseases, wolves
- Deity.gender
- Female
- Deity.ethnic_group
- Finns, Karelians
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Sámi
- Deity.equivalent1
- Jábmiidáhkká
- Deity.type
- Finnish
- Deity.name
- Louhi
- Deity.deity_of
- Mistress of PohjolaMaiden of Pohjola
- Deity.image
- File:Eemil Halonen Pohjolan emäntä 1940.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Mistress of Pohjola, Eemil Halonen (1940)
- Deity.abode
- Pohjola
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- Image
- Sammon puolustus.jpg
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- Commons category
- Louhi (Kalevala)
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10 sectionsContents
- Name
- In runic songs
- Louhi as a shaman in bird form
- Descriptions
- Epithets
- In the ''Kalevala''
- In popular culture
- Gallery
- Notes
- References
Louhi (; alternate names include Loviatar (), Loveatar, Lovetar, Lovehetar, Louhetar and Louhiatar) is the ruler of Pohjola in Finnish mythology. She is regarded as a goddess of death and disease. She is also the mother of wolves. Her original role was likely as the ruler of the underworld.
In Kalevala, Elias Lönnrot split Louhi into two different characters, Louhi and Loviatar, describing Louhi as a wicked queen of Pohjola and Loviatar as a blind daughter of Tuoni. In Runo 45 of the Kalevala, Loviatar is impregnated by a great wind and gives birth to nine sons, the Nine diseases.