Tuonela
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Tuonela is the realm of the dead or the Underworld in Finnish mythology. Tuonela, Tuoni, Manala, Vainajala and Mana are used synonymously. Similar realms appear in most Finnic cultural traditions, inc
By the river of Tuonela (Tuonelan joella) by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1903
Lemminkäisen äiti by Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The mother of young Lemminkäinen has gone to the river of Tuoni to find the corpse of her dead son. One of the myths told in Kalevala.
Väinämöinen in Tuonela (1890) by Pekka Halonen
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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
Tuonela
…Tuonela (Finnish: ; lit. 'Tuoni's abode') is the realm of the dead or the Underworld in Finnish mythology. Tuonela, Tuoni (pronounced ), Manala (pronounced , 'Underworld'), Vainajala (pronounced ) and Mana (pronounced ) are used synonymously. Similar realms…
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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