Mielikki

For the fictional Forgotten Realms goddess, please see Mielikki (Forgotten Realms)

Mielikki is the Finnish goddess of forests and the hunt. She is referred to in various tales as either the wife or the daughter-in-law of Tapio. She is said to have played a central role in the creation of the bear.

In the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic based on Karelian folklore, the hero Lemminkäinen offers her and Tapio prayers, gold and silver so he can catch the Hiisi elk. In another passage, Mielikki is asked to protect cattle grazing in the forest. In a country where the forest was central to providing food through hunting, gathering and cattle grazing, it was thought very important to stay on her good side. She is also offered prayers by those who hunt small game and those who gather mushrooms and berries.

Mielikki is known as a skillful healer who heals the paws of animals who have escaped traps, helps chicks that have fallen from their nests and treats the wounds of wood grouses after their mating displays. She knows well the healing herbs and will also help humans if they know well enough to ask her for it. Her name is derived from the old Finnish word mielu which means luck.

Trivia

• Mielikki is referenced in the song "Elvenpath" by Finnish metal band Nightwish, as "Bluecloak, healer of the ill and sad".
• Mielikki is a goddess of the northern woods who comes to inhabit the Argo in Book One of the Merlin Codex, Celtika, by Robert Holdstock .
• In R. A. Salvatore's popular Forgotten Realms, "Legend of Drizzt Do'Urden" series, the titular character is a drow ranger and follower of a variation of Mielikki.

External links

• Mielikki information and links from the Finndex.

References

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