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Tellervo

deity forest Finnish single tradition · 3

Tellervo is a Finnish goddess who some researchers, including Haavio and Matthias Castrén, have theorized to be the same deity as Hillervo.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

Relationships

co occurs with
Tuulikki, Nyyrikki, Kuolari, Hilasatar, Tapio, Hongatar, Tuometar, Tapiotar, Juoletar
syncretized with
Hillervo, Pellervo
child of
Tapio, Mielikki

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Sources

wikipedia (3)
  1. List of minor Finnish deities
  2. Mielikki
  3. Tellervo

Source passages

“Some researchers, such as Haavio and Matthias Castrén, have supported the theory that Hillervo would be the same goddess as Tellervo.”

#27240 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“The name Tellervo has been theorized to originate from Pellervo, associated with an agricultural god. The name would have morphed into Tellervo in order to share alliteration with Tapio, the epithet developing from poika ('son') to paimen ('shepherd') to tytär ('daughter')”

#27294 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“As the mistress, she is seen as the wife of Tapio and the mother of Tuulikki, Tellervo and Nyyrikki.”

#27431 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat