Kratt
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Kratt, also pisuhänd, puuk, tulihänd, vedaja, is a magical creature in Estonian mythology, a treasure-bearer. In Votic, a similar creature is called lemmüz. In Finnish mythology, there is a treasure g
Kratt (Aleksander Promet, ca 1906)
Finnish mythology
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Finnish mythology commonly refers to the folklore of Finnish paganism, of which a modern revival is practiced by a small percentage of the Finnish people. It has many shared features with Estonian and
Kratt
…pisuhänd, puuk, tulihänd, vedaja, is a magical creature in Estonian mythology, a treasure-bearer. In Votic, a similar creature is called lemmüz. In Finnish mythology, there is a treasure guardian called Kratti or Aarni. Kratt is related to the Germanic and Slavic Schrat (cf. Estonian Swedish skrat, Polish: skrzat…
Painting by Robert Ekman in 1867 called Lemminkäinen tulisella järvellä ("Lemminkäinen on the Fiery Lake") where Lemminkäinen asks help from Ukko, the God of Thunder, with crossing the lake in fire on his route to the wedding at Pohjola.
Structure of the world, according to Finnish mythology.
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