#finnish folklore

[tuherrus]

syöjätär (or eatress)

she's a finnish folklore character associated with things like disease and snakes and eating people, is sometimes depicted being very monstrous and magical but i was more interested in the seductive and wicked side of her since she's sometimes also depicted like a she-devil…it reminds me a lot of a succubus, and i still wanted to keep some monster lore here with a hint of the monstrous mouth that's said to be in the middle of her face 👹

#finnish mythology #finnish folklore

[amatesura]

Kekri is an ancient Finnish and Karelian celebration at the end of the harvest season and the cycle of the year. Today, it is celebrated in some places by the burning of the giant, so-called Kekri goat (Kekripukki).

#suomi #finland #kekri #folklore #finnish folklore #folk traditions #photography #*

[shinonart]

Blessing of the Bee

Bee, birdie of air, Bring nectar on thy tongue, With a tiny pitcher, Only fitting a finger. The bee was seen both as a potential threat due to its stings but also as a healer that brought honey for ailments and other uses. There are many spells and songs for preventin or healing a sting, but also many songs pleading for the bee to bring in precious honey.

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OLD GODS - Artworks inspired by Finnish mythology and Folklore

#bee #bee art #animal art #animal painting #finnish mythology #old gods #finnish folklore #artists on tumblr #traditional art #traditional painting

[niilasnordenswan]

© Niilas Nordenswan Photography – Pine Away

#fine art photography #bnw photography #noir et blanc #blanco y negro #landscape photography #north karelia #finland #koli #finnish folklore #pielinen #pine trees #pine away #artists on tumblr #original photographers #wu wei #niilas nordenswan

[namarikonda]

That bloodstained son of Tuoni / struck the man with his sword, struck fear with his hunger. / Threw him to the stream of Tuonela / to the Underworld's underlake. — Kalevala, rune 14, lines 445–8; 451-2.

My rendition of Tuonenpoika, the guardian of the Finnish underworld, Tuonela; This gore-covered son of Tuoni fishes for unwanted visitors downstream, slaying them. He is said to collect the belongings of all the dead flowing down river Tuoni.

#finnish mythology #kalevala #mythology #finnish folklore #tuonenpoika #art #artists on tumblr #digital art #character design #character art #finnish #my art #godkiller #im playing this version of Tuonenpoika as a character in the Godkiller RPG #godkiller RPG #ttrpg #ttrpg art #his colors are based on high iron waters that are common in finnish bogs #as well as rowan and alder trees/berries that are prominent in finnish myth #the only real descriptors about tuonenpoika tell how much he is covered by blood and gore<3

[karjalantroll]

"Nevermore, old Väinämöinen, Nevermore in all thy life-time, While the golden moonlight glistens, Nevermore wilt fix thy vision On the meadows of Väinölä, On the plains of Kalevala; Full six years must swim the ocean, Tread the waves for seven summers, Eight years ride the foamy billows, In the broad expanse of water; Six long autumns as a fir-tree, Seven winters as a pebble; Eight long summers as an aspen!"

#my art #karjala #Kalevala #Kalevala Epic #Väinämöinen #Joukahainen #rune 6 #rune VI #Elias Lönnrot #Karelian folklore #Finnish folklore

[proteesiukkonen]

Drawtober day 25

A friendly neighbourhood Kekripukki for your harvest festival needs.

#my art #finnish folklore #drawtober

[stamp-it-to-me]

Finnish postage stamps by illustrator Emmi-Riikka Vartiainen for the "Stories and Myths" 2022 collection. The stamps depict Kuutar and Päivätär, the goddesses of the Moon and the Sun in Finnish folklore.

[ID: two blue stamps with a woman in each facing the other. the left woman has very pale skin and long flowing white hair with gold stars on it. she is wearing a golden crown and a golden sleeveless dress and has ornamental moon-themed gold jewelry on her arms and ears. her profile is framed by a giant crescent moon dripping with a string of stars that the woman is tending. the right woman is taller, equally pale and has long wavy golden hair with silver stars on it. she is wearing a silver crown and a blue sleeveless dress with silver belts and has silver bracelets and blue sun-themed tattoos. behind her profile is an orange-yellow sun. she is holding an ornamental spindle that she is using to spin the rays of the sun into golden yarn. both stamps say suomi finland at the bottom and 2022 in the upper corner.]

#submission #stamps #postage stamps #illustration #kuutar #päivätär #finnish folklore #goddess #finland #finnish #mythology #emmi-riikka vartiainen

[niuniente]

Before Santa Claus became the gift giver, kids in Finland received gifts from Nuuttipukki horned goat-man monster. His legacy lives in Finland as Santa Claus in Finnish is called Joulupukki - Christmas Goat - and straw goats are traditional Christmas decorations. Traditional straw decorations and a horned Nuuttipukki Christmas monsters in Kuopion Korttelimuseo Museum, Kuopio, Finland.

#finnish folklore #finland #christmas #nuuttipukki

[heartagram-vv]

Kalevala Pohjolan emäntä

#Akseli Gallen-Kallela #kalevala moodboard #kalevala #kalevala teemataulu #kalevala pohjolan tyttäret #Kalevala pohjolan emäntä #pohjolan emäntä #suomitumblr #Suomi #Finnish Folklore #finnish mythology #finnish #folklore moodboard #mytology #mytology moodboard #suomalainen teemataulu #lintu #birdwomen #mitä vittua #history #historia #teemataulu #moodboard

[badstitched]

January Patreon Pattern ~ Firefox

Based on Finnish lore, Tulikettu, also known as a firefox, is mysterious and whimsical at the same time. At night, his fur lights up like fire and as he trots across the snow, his tail sparks and creates the Northern Lights.

My firefox is doing a big stretch, with the galaxy and Northern Lights within him. Small backstitch detail is of the Vulpecula constellation, which is the "little fox."

Find this design on my Patreon, Tier 2 and up, until February 15th, 2024. Join here!

#cross stitch sampler #xstitch #cross stitch #fiber arts #crossstitch #cross stitch pattern #stitchcraft #broderie #patreon creator #firefox #tulikettu #finnish stuff #finnish lore #finnish folklore #magic cross stitch #northern lights #aurora borealis #constellations #space art

[tuherrus]

i’ve drawn näkki before, but not all seacreatures of finnish folklore are malicious.....a haltija or spirit, more specifically vedenhaltija (a water spirit) were said to sometimes be benevolent or generally helpful and their personalities could vary on the types of water they lived in: more calm lakes were home to innocent and pure spirits that were believed to have been souls of the dead

though this one lives in the rapids, home to wild and rowdy water spirits who could grant you abilities to play a fiddle as well as they do (but only if you tie yourself to them with rope and don’t get caught in the waters...)

these kinds of stories are also known in norway and sweden!

#finnish folklore #finnish mythology #mermay #folklore #mythology

[amatesura]

Taikaesineet: kuoharin puukko, raha, tuohikääre (Magical items: castration knife, coin, roll of bark) Finland, 1730-1830

#suomi #finland #folk magic #folklore #finnish folklore #knives #puukko #18th century #19th century #history #curiosities #*

[shinonart]

Blessing of the Raven

Raven, carry my woes, my sorrows, black bird. The raven was primarily seen as an ill omen, a messenger of death and grief. It was strongly associated with witchcraft and shape shifting and was often called "the witch bird".

However, in one of the songs of the ancient Finns the raven was also an empathetic helper; a bird you could trust your sorrows with and it would ease your pain by carrying the woes beyond dark waters so that they would no longer bother anyone.

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OLD GODS - Artworks inspired by Finnish mythology and Folklore

#old gods #raven #bird #bird art #birds #ravens #corvid #corvids #finnish mythology #finnish folklore #traditional art #traditional painting #artists on tumblr #ink painting

[niilasnordenswan]

© Niilas Nordenswan Photography – Polulla, North Karelia, Finland

#fine art photography #bnw photography #visual poetry #forests #late autumn #path #foggy path #paganism #finnish folklore #north karelia #kalevala #artists on tumbl #silence #niilas nordenswan

[korppipoika]

Little troll time! 

Revisited this one from way back, didn’t think these two would turn out so different! 

#Korppipoika #korppipoika art #troll #peikko #hiisi #finnish mythology #Finnish Folklore #scandinavian folklore #original stuff