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Finnish Legends for English Children

Chapter 3: TABLE OF PROPER NAMES WITH PRONUNCIATION
By R. Eivind
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A collection of retellings adapts the songs of the Finnish epic into a sequence of linked folk tales framed by an elder storyteller. It recounts cosmogony and the birth of the wise singer Wainamoinen, quests and rivalries among heroes and smiths, the forging and loss of the magical Sampo, the making of the kantele, episodes of love, vengeance, death and resurrection, and the theft and restoration of sun and moon. Landscapes, gods, spirits, and uncanny creatures populate the tales, which emphasize song, craft, and supernatural agency while presenting Finnish mythic motifs in a form suitable for young readers.

TABLE OF PROPER NAMES
WITH PRONUNCIATION

Ahti (āch´-tee). Another name for Lemminkainen.

Ahto (āch´-to). God of the sea.

Ainikki (āë´nik-kĕe). Sister of Lemminkainen.

Aino (āë´no). Sister of Youkahainen.

Annikki (an´-nĭk-kee). Sister of Ilmarinen.

Hisi (hee´-see). Evil spirit; also called Lempo.

Iku Turso (ee´-koo-tūr´-so). A sea-monster.

Ilmarinen (il´-mā-ree´-nĕn). The famous smith.

Ilmatar (il´-mă-tar). A daughter of the ether, mother of Wainamoinen.

Imatra (ee´-mā-tră). Celebrated waterfall on the river Wuoksi, near Viborg.

Kalerwoinen (kal´-er-woi´-nĕn) (or Kalervo). Father of Kullervo.

Kalevala (kā´-lay-vā´-lā). The land of heroes. The home of the Finns. The name of the Finnish epic poem.

Karjala (kar´-yā-lā). The home of a Finnish tribe—a portion of Finland (called also Karelen in Swedish).

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Kullervo (kŭl´-ler-vō). Slayer of the Rainbow-maiden.

Kura (kū´-ra). Ahti's companion to the Northland.

Lakko (lāk´-ko). Ilmarinen's mother.

Lemminkainen (lĕm´-min-kāë´-nēn). Also called Ahti. Son of Lempo.

Lempo (lĕm´-po). Same as Hisi; also the father of Lemminkainen.

Louhi (loo´-chee). Mistress of Pohjola.

Lowjatar (low´-yā-tar). Tuoni's daughter; mother of the nine diseases.

Lylikki (ly´-lĭk-kee). Maker of snow-shoes in Pohjola.

Mana (mā´-nā). Also called Tuoni; god of death.

Manala (mā´-nā-lā). Also called Tuonela; the abode of Mana; the Deathland.

Mariatta (Mar´-ĭat´-tă). The virgin mother of Wainamoinen's conqueror.

Mielikki (meay´-lĭk-kee). The forest-goddess.

Osmotar (os´-mō-tar). The wise maiden who first made beer.

Otso (ot´-sō). The bear.

Piltti (pilt´-tee). Mariatta's maid-servant.

Pohjola (pōch´-yō-lā). The Northland.

Ruotus (rū-ō´-tŭs). A man who gives Mariatta shelter in his stable.

Sampo (sām´-pō). The magic mill forged by Ilmarinen, which brought wealth and happiness to its possessor.

Suonetar (swō´-nĕ-tăr). The goddess of the veins.

Suoyatar (swō´-yă-tăr). The mother of the serpent.

Tapio (ta´-pĕ-ō). The forest-god.

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Tuonela (tuo´-nay-la). The abode of Tuoni; the Deathland; Manala.

Tuonetar (tuo´-nay-tar). The goddess of Tuonela.

Tuoni (tuo´-nee). The god of the Deathland; Mana.

Ukko (ūk´-k(ō). The greatest god of the Finns.

Untamo (ūn´-tā-mō). Kalervo's brother.

Wainamoinen (wāë´-nā-moy´-nĕn). The chief hero of the Kalevala; son of Kapé.

Wipunen (wĭ´-pū-nen). The dead magician from whom Wainamoinen obtained the three lost words.

Wirokannas (wee´-rō-kan´-năs). The priest who baptized Mariatta's son.

Wuoksi (wūōk´-see). A river in South-Eastern Finland, connecting Lakes Saima and Ladoga.

Youkahainen (yoo´-ka-chāë´-nĕn). A great minstrel and magician of Pohjola.



Remarks.—The Finnish h is pronounced as a guttural; nearly as Ger. ch in ich. This is represented by ch in the above list.

Every vowel should be pronounced by itself—not run together so as to make a totally different resultant sound, e.g. Aino should be pronounced not ī-nō, but ā´-ee-nō, the ā and ee being close together, with the greatest stress upon the ā, etc.

i corresponds to English y in year.