Juonetar
deity forest Finnish single tradition · 1
Juonetar is a haltija or goddess who appears in two written runic songs from Kainuu and Ladoga Karelia. She is identified as the Mother of Reindeer and is invoked in spells or prayers for hunting forest reindeer. The songs ask her to make her "lines" run through the bluish forests, referring to reindeer tracks in snow.
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“Juonetar, Juonitar or Uramatar is a haltija or goddess who only appears in two written down runic songs, one being from Kainuu and the other from Ladoga Karelia. Both songs are spells or prayers for hunting forest reindeer.”
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