Päivätär
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- In runic songs
- Sun worship among Finns
- Epithets
- In the ''Kalevala''
- See also
- References
Päivätär (; ) is the goddess of the Sun in Finnish mythology.
Professor Anna-Leena Siikala finds it possible that Päivätär was a goddess who ruled over life and light. During Christian period, she was replaced by Virgin Mary. According to her, Kuutar and Päivätär belong to a tradition that was influenced by Baltic mythology.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Päivätär” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.