Mielikki
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Mielikki () is the Finnish goddess of forests and the hunt. She is usually called (), though the epithet () also exists. As the mistress, she is seen as the wife of Tapio and the mother of Tuulikki, Tellervo and Nyyrikki.
Key facts
- Deity.other_names
- Central Finland: Siilikki, SiivikkiForest Finns: AnnikkaKainuu: Annikki, Menninki, Mielis-neiti, Mikikki, Mitikkä, TapioKarelia: Annikka, Annikki, Annukk', Himmerkki, Huijutar, Kuitar, Kuiter, Kuitio, Kuuriitar, Lemmitär, Malitar, Mesitär, Metikki, Metsätär, Meččätär, Meziter, Mielikko, Mielotar, Mieluneito, Mieluutar, Mierotar, Miiriitar, Mikitär, Mimerkki, Nylgysä, Nylkys, Nyrkiö, Nyrkkiö, Nyrkytär, Simanter, Tapio, Tapiotar, TarkotinLapland: AnnikkaOstrobothnia: Annukka, Höytöri, Mieli, Mielis-neiti, Mieluneiti, Mielus, Tapiotar, TinattiSavo: Annikka, Himmerkki, Hyyperö, Hyypiö, Metikki, Mielu, Mielus, Mielutar, Muurutar, Tapio, Tapiotar, Tuuvikki, VarvutarTavastia: Tapio
- Deity.offspring
- TellervoTuulikkiNyyrikki
- Deity.gender
- Female
- Deity.ethnic_group
- Finns, Karelians
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Estonian
- Deity.equivalent1
- Metsaema
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Livonian
- Deity.equivalent2
- Mõtsa-jema
- Deity.equivalent3_type
- Erzyan
- Deity.equivalent3
- Viŕ-ava
- Deity.type
- Finnish
- Deity.name
- Mielikki
- Deity.deity_of
- Mistress of the Forest
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- Name
- In tradition
- In the Kalevala
- Epithets
- In contemporary culture
- External links
- References
Mielikki () is the Finnish goddess of forests and the hunt. She is usually called (), though the epithet () also exists. As the mistress, she is seen as the wife of Tapio and the mother of Tuulikki, Tellervo and Nyyrikki.
She was more important and prayed to more often than her husband Tapio. "Tapio" also appears as a name of Mielikki, and the feminized form "Tapiotar" appears as a name of Mielikki as well as Tuometar and Hongatar, both sometimes called Tapio's daughter.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mielikki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.