Peko
Sign in to savePeko (Finnish spelling Pekko, Pekka, Pellon Pekko) is an ancient Estonian and Finnish god of crops, especially barley and brewing. In the area of Setomaa, between Estonia and Russia, inhabited by the Seto language-speaking Setos, the cult of Peko was alive until the 20th century. Today, the Seto people (an ethnic group of Estonians in the south-east of the country) also revere Peko as their national hero and king, the name and figure are widely used as a national symbol.
Key facts
- Deity.name
- Peko
- Deity.type
- Finnish
- Deity.deity_of
- God of barley
- Deity.image
- File:Peko, Radaja seto muuseum.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Seto Carved idol of Peko. Radaja Seto Museum.
- Deity.other_names
- Pellonpekko, Pellon pehko, Pellon pehku, Peltopekka, Pekko, Pekka, Pikki, Pikka
- Deity.gender
- Male
- Deity.ethnic_group
- Setos, Finns, Estonians, Karelians
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- Peko god Setomaa region Estonia Varska.jpg
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Peko (Finnish spelling Pekko, Pekka, Pellon Pekko) is an ancient Estonian and Finnish god of crops, especially barley and brewing. In the area of Setomaa, between Estonia and Russia, inhabited by the Seto language-speaking Setos, the cult of Peko was alive until the 20th century. Today, the Seto people (an ethnic group of Estonians in the south-east of the country) also revere Peko as their national hero and king, the name and figure are widely used as a national symbol.
==Name== Magnus Olsen connected Peko to Norse Byggvir, whose name comes from the Norse word for "barley". If Peko's name came from Proto-Norse, it would require the existence of the Proto-Norse form *beggwu for barley. Kaarle Krohn pointed out the Finnish connection of the name Pekka to Pietari (biblical Peter). Nils Lid initially believed to not be a loan, but the name of the common horsetail; Uno Harva denied this, stating that the word of the plant in the Karelian Isthmus and Ingria is instead.