Piru
demonic earth Finnish single tradition · 2
Minor demon from Finnish folklore. Piru is a lesser malevolent spirit or devil figure.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Pita-skog, Pixie, Plakavac, Pok-wejee-men, Polevik, Pollo Maligno, Polong, Poltergeist, Pombero, Ponaturi, Pontianak, Poubi Lai, Pricolici, Psotnik, Psychai, Psyche, Pishacha, Preta, Pan, Penghou, Paasselkä devils, Pakhangba, Pamola, Panis, Patupairehe, Pegaeae, Pelesit, Perchta, Phi Tai Hong, Pillan, Pim-skwa-wagen-owad
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“Piru (Finnish) – Minor demon”
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“A piru is a fiend or demon in Finnish mythology. The word is inherited from Proto-Finnic *piru* ‘devil, demon’, with cognates in Karelian, Ingrian and Estonian; its ultimate origin is unknown.”
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