Pikne
Sign in to savethumb|Pikker (Oskar Kallis, 1914) Pikne (also Piken or Pikker: the long one) is the god of lightning in Estonian mythology. In Finnish, lightning is sometimes called Pitkäinen, which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are taboo euphemisms.
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thumb|Pikker (Oskar Kallis, 1914) Pikne (also Piken or Pikker: the long one) is the god of lightning in Estonian mythology. In Finnish, lightning is sometimes called Pitkäinen, which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are taboo euphemisms.
There was an Estonian satire and humor magazine called Pikker.