Tuonetar
deity underworld Finnish single tradition · 2
Tuonetar is the Queen of the Underworld in Finnish mythology, ruling over Tuonela alongside her husband Tuoni. She is recognized as the virgin of death and the goddess of the subterranean worlds. She is the mother of numerous plagues, diseases, demons, and monsters, and uses her magic wand to trap souls in the underworld.
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When
- First attested
- 1500 CE
- Attested period
- 1500 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Documented in the 16th song of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled in the 19th century from older oral traditions.
Relationships
- parent of
- Kivutar, Vammatar, Kalma, Loviatar, Kipu-Tyttö, Tuonenpoika
- co occurs with
- Kipu-Tyttö
- consort of
- Tuoni
Sources
Source passages
“Tuonetar is the Queen of the Underworld in Finnish mythology. Tuonetar is the wife of Tuoni, with whom she rules over the Underworld Tuonela...She is the mother of Kipu-Tyttö, Kivutar, Vammatar, Kalma, and Loviatar”
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“He was the husband of Tuonetar. Their children included Kipu-Tyttö, Tuonenpoika, and Loviatar, who were divinities of suffering.”
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