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Väinämöinen

deity earth runic songs single tradition · 3

Pätösen poika 'Son of the Sun' is an epithet which appears often in runic songs, most of the time in reference to Väinämöinen. In Kainuu runic songs, Väinämöinen frees the Sun from a rock by forging.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020
Historical notes
Documented in the Kalevala epic.

Relationships

co occurs with
Kavet, Luonnotar, Mielikki, Päivätär, Kuutar, Auringotar
child of
Kaleva, Kave, Ilmatar

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Mentioned by

Sources

wikipedia (3)
  1. Päivätär
  2. Ilmatar
  3. Kave (Finnish mythology)

Source passages

“Pätösen poika 'Son of the Sun' is an epithet which appears often in runic songs, most of the time in reference to Väinämöinen. Because runic songs from Kainuu and North Ostrobothnia call Päivätär the creator of fire, and Kainuu runic songs call fire the son of Vipunen”

#16025 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“She was impregnated by the sea and wind and thus became the mother of Väinämöinen.”

#27207 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Old father of Väinämöinen' (Kave ukko pohjan Herra, / Ikäinen iku Turilas, / Isä vanha Väinämöisen).”

#27230 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat