Kultapyörä
Kupo
This website is made of my essays regarding Finnish pre-Christian religion, using scholarly sources while adding my own commentary as well.
August 2026
September 2026
All posts (28)
Short announcement: I've decided to replace Tuulikki with Tyytikki as the "default" name for the daughter of Tapio forest goddess. I will slowly be editing pages to reflect that. The reason for this is because I believe Tyytikki is closer to the possible "original" (questionable choice of words) form (Lyytikki or...
Added myths for the Great Ox, the Great Pig, the Golden Maiden, the Birth of Kivutar, and the Origin of Water. Added the incantation for creating swiddens. Added the folktales of Akmeeli and Beautiful Kaija. Added the page for runosong melodies. Added the page for Christo-Paganism or how Catholicism appears in...
I have expanded the pages of holy sites and 20th century tietäjät by quite plenty. I added a page for Finnish historical timeline, and ones for the folktales of Laurukainen, Heinonen in Käkisaari, and a Battle of Shamans. More epithets for Päivätär and Louhi, more info on Veteinen. New blog post and a new webring...
Started working on a flora section in cosmology, added incantations for hunting otters and reindeer as well as berry picking and milk luck and making leather and pottery, new blog post, page made for Hongatar and Laurukainen in deities and heroes, new page for quotes and anecdotes I like in other info, an essay on...
Oops I was too lazy to mark updates for three weeks. First of all, HAPPY MIDSUMMER or Ukonjuhla! I added epithets onto the pages of most deities. I added the runosongs for Origin of the Stone, Origin of Beer, Origin of Rheumatism, Origin of Noita/Shaman, Son of Väinämöinen, and the Berry Song. Added more alternate...
New blog post, new folktale "Warrior Maiden", two ballads "The Russian, the Foe" and "The Daughters of Mana Scold Me", the myths "Origin of Fire" and "Lifting Fire up to the Skies", and an incantation for igniting the northern lights. In cosmology, a page for fate. I might have forgot to mention earlier I added...
In the navigation, a new section for "later folktales": folktales which are mostly prose but include some runosong lines. I added more to "kade" in glossary explaining how it's similar to the evil eye. In cosmology, added a page for "fate". In deities and heroes, added pages for Kihovauhkonen and Leävätär.
Small edits: I've added maps to multiple pages on creatures, myths, and the glossary. I added images of the Northern maiden. I changed the navigation and it now has a section for "other information", in which there is a page for information about witch hunts in Finnish history. Added more resources in Finnish,...
Added a page for Soini in heroes, a new ballad Song of a Shaman, and new incantations related to väki, haltijat and luonto. New blog post.
I started my own Zonelets blog for writing that I feel like don't fit the rest of this website.
I feel like my translation quality has been poor lately, but I kind of don't care. So now there are myths for the Death of Lemminkäinen, the Song of Lemminkäinen (+ Väinämöinen's journey to Pohjola), and the Drinking Party of Saariala, as well as the ballad Sing, My Wretched Tongue, and incantation for greeting the...
I got to meet some pagans irl, I'm pretty excited so I'm telling you *heart*. Anyways, first of all in deities, we now have a page for Hyytämöinen and Lievetyinen (winter and summer). Then, I translated plenty more myths: Runosong competition against Joukahainen, The Knee Wound of Väinämöinen, The Song of Vipunen,...
Page 1 of 3