Ukko
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'''''' (), is a thunder and weather god in Finnish mythology, whose vital role is fertilizing fields with his thunder and rain.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Finnic
- Deity.image
- Ekman,_Lemminkäinen_tulisella_järvellä_(sketch).jpg
- Deity.caption
- Painting by Robert Ekman in 1867 called where asks help from with crossing the lake in fire on his route to the wedding at .
- Deity.name
- Ukko
- Deity.god_of
- God of thunder and weather
- Deity.abode
- Sky
- Deity.symbol
- Rowan tree, great mullein
- Deity.weapon
- Hammer, sword or axe
- Deity.consort
- Assumed Maaemä
- Deity.festivals
- Vakkajuhlat
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Norse
- Deity.equivalent1
- Thor
- Deity.equivalent2_type
- Baltic
- Deity.equivalent2
- Perkūnas
- Deity.equivalent3_type
- Sámi
- Deity.equivalent3
- Horagalles
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Ekman, Lemminkäinen tulisella järvellä (sketch).jpg
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- name in native language
- Ukko
- Commons category
- Ukko
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10 sectionsContents
- Name
- Origins
- Finnish folklore
- Festivals dedicated to Ukko
- Eponymy
- Finland
- Modern influence
- Footnotes
- See also
- References
' (), is a thunder and weather god in Finnish mythology, whose vital role is fertilizing fields with his thunder and rain.
believes that , the Finnic sky god, is the origin of , but that as ' experienced very significant, although far from total, influence from the Indo-European sky god especially in the form of Thor. Eemil Nestor Setälä also stated that Ukko can't be a very old name for a god and that the thunder god cult among Finns was of Germanic origin. According to Martti Haavio, the name Ukko was sometimes used as a common noun or generalised epithet for multiple deities instead of denoting a specific god. In 1789, Christfried Ganander wrote that the forest god Tapio was sometimes honoured with the name .