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Also known as Kuutar

Kuutar (; ) is the goddess of the Moon in Finnish mythology.

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Instance of
deity
Gender
female
Occupation
goddess
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worshipped by
Kalevala
has characteristic
Moon
ethnic group
Finns

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  • In runic songs
  • Moon worship among Finns
  • Epithets
  • In the ''Kalevala''
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Kuutar (; ) is the goddess of the Moon in Finnish mythology.

According to Anna-Leena Siikala, Kuutar and Päivätär belong to a tradition that was influenced by Baltic mythology.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kuu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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