Ilmatar - Deities
(lang:en)Name(/lang)(lang:fi)Nimi(/lang)
Ilmatar
(lang:en)Other names(/lang)(lang:fi)Muut nimet(/lang)
Luonnotar
(lang:en)Knowledge(/lang)(lang:fi)Tietoa(/lang)
Goddess of air and creation
(lang:en)Culture(/lang)(lang:fi)Kulttuuri(/lang)
Finland
(lang:en)Sex(/lang)(lang:fi)Sukupuoli(/lang)
Goddess
(lang:en)Description(/lang)(lang:fi)Kuvailu(/lang)
Before the world was created there were only Ilmatar in the oblivion what was full of winds. Ilmatar was bored that she did not have anything else to do than count rainbows and let the wind mess with her hair, so she started to desire for a child.
Her desire was so deep, that the eastern wind started to pity her, so taht it seduces Ilmatar like winds until she was exhausted and gave birth to Väinämöinen, child of winds.
Centuries later, with the help of Ilmatar, Pochard of Begin gave birth of the all the lands and the skies from it's egg after what Ilmatar finished the world as it is now.
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