Goblin’s ox (Hiiden härkä) brings pains to the top of Pain Mountain for Pain Girl to hide inside the mountain.…
Black Dogs
For I a black dog own, a hound of iron hue; by him I’ll have the eater eaten, I’ll have…
Dead Rising
Old Folk are the dead who have been dead so long they have become part of nature: in decay, rotten,…
Shaman with Army of Dead
Ancient Finnish shamans would summon the dead to fight witches and disease creatures. Väinämöinen is a shaman-god who has created…
Boil Creature
Boils were considered creatures in Finnish folklore. They could be sent by witches or goblins and were sometimes called Goblin’s…
Evil’s Sons Arrow Shooting
According to the origin spell of stings, the Evil’s three sons Rujo (Hideous), Rampa (Crippled), and Perisokea (Blind) made arrows…
Death Bride
In old poems a man travels to Tuonela, land of the dead, to ask Tuoni (Death) for the hand of…
Disease Creatures
Seizure, Nightmare, Tooth Worm are disease creatures.
The Swan of Tuonela
The Swan of Tuonela Deadland (Tuonelan joutsen) is an iconic figure in Finnish folklore. In the Finnish national epic Kalevala,…
Bear Gets its Claws
According to ancient poems, the bear was born in the sky, descended into the forest where it was taken care…
Goblin (Hiisi)
Goblins (hiisi, plural: hiidet) were originally forest gods, but later came to signify evil beings. They live in the woods,…
Witch’s Poisoned Arrow
Arrows poisoned with snake venom were shot by witches, causing severe pain. Still to this day, a sudden stinging pain…
Goblin’s Horse
Witches, disease creatures and other evildoers are taken by a giant iron horse into the Other world. The horse is…
Iron Bear
Quite lately, only yesterday, I was at bruin’s home, at the house of an iron bear; I bitted by my…
Goblin’s Elk
Goblin’s Elk (Hiiden hirvi) is a wild creature created by the goblins (hiisi). It creates chaos, and when hunters try…
Surma – Killer
Surma (Killer or Death) is a personification of death that is called in magic poems to come and kill a…
Kalma’s Chambers of the Dead
Kalma’s chambers are underground graves where Kalma (corpse or death) welcomes the diseases and other evildoers to feast on bones…
Lempo
Lempo is an evil flying creature associated with goblins (hiisi). It is seldom mentioned alone, always together with goblins. Together…
Tuoni, Death
Tuoni (death) is the ruler or king of Tuonela, the Underworld. Tuoni brings people with him to the Underworld. Dead…
Birth of the First Diseases
Northland (Pohjola) is a far-away otherworldly realm ruled by great witch, old lady of the north, Loviatar. In spells she…
Boat to the Land of the Dead
The Daughter of Tuoni (Death) acts as a gatekeeper between the world of the living and the world of the…
Pain Girl on Pain Mountain
Pain Girl (Kiputyttö or Kivutar) collects pains on Pain Mountain, and pours them deep inside the pain rock. A kettle…
Son of Death
Son of Death puts iron nets into the river of death.
The Devouress, Mother of Snakes
Syöjätär, the Devouress, is a creature living in the water who gives birth to snakes by spitting in the water.…
Tuonetar, Lady of Death
The female ruler of Tuonela, the Underworld, is called Tuonetar or Tuonen akka, the Old Lady of Tuonela. Tuonetar appears…
