Ilmarinen
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Ilmarinen () is a god and archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology. He is immortal and capable of creating practically anything. In addition, he is described as working the known metals of the time, including brass, copper, iron, gold, and silver. The great works of Ilmarinen include the crafting of the dome of the sky and the forging of the Sampo.
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- Central Finland: Ilimarinen, Ilmari, Ilman rintaIngria: Ilmari, Ilman rinta, Ilmarinta, Ismaro, IsmaroinenKainuu: Ilimari, Ilimarinen, Ilmari, Ilman rinta, Ilmarunen, Ilmola, Ilmorini, Imnarinen, Kopsu?Karelia: Ilimari, Ilimarinen, Ilmari, Ilman rinta, Ilman ukko, Ilmarinta, Ilmola, Ilmollinen, Ilmollini, Ilmorinen, IlmoriniLapland: Ilmari, Ilman rinta, IlmarintaOstrobothnia: Ilmalainen, Ilmari, Ilman rinta, IlmolaSavonia: Ilimari, Ilimarinen, Ilmari, Ilman ukko, IlmarintaTorne Valley: Ilmari
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- Bellows
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- Sámi
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- Udmurt
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- Inmar
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- Komi
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- Jen
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- Finnish
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- Ilmarinen
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- Eternal HammererGod of the sky, air and weather
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- Robert Stigell Ilmarinen 1888.jpg
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- Statue of Ilmarinen at the Old Student House, Helsinki by , 1888
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14 sectionsContents
- Etymology and origin
- In runic songs
- Epithets
- In the ''Kalevala''
- The Forging of the Sampo
- Ilmarinen's bride of gold
- In popular culture
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Ilmarinen () is a god and archetypal artificer from Finnish mythology. He is immortal and capable of creating practically anything. In addition, he is described as working the known metals of the time, including brass, copper, iron, gold, and silver. The great works of Ilmarinen include the crafting of the dome of the sky and the forging of the Sampo.
Ilmarinen is the successor of the original sky god from West Uralic mythology, as well as the personification of the sky. In runic songs, many of his roles were later shifted to the new sky god Ukko, but both became less important than the new Odin-resembling hero Väinämöinen. While Ukko gained the role of a controller of rain and weather for the purposes of agriculture, Ilmarinen continued to be regarded as a wind god.