Ukko (Finnish: [ˈukːo]), Äijä [ˈæi̯jæ] or Äijö [ˈæi̯jø] (Finnish for 'male grandparent', 'grandfather', 'old man'), parallel to Uku in Estonian mythology...
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Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (born 9 March 1999) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Luukkonen...
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Baltic Finnic paganism (redirect from Ukko ylijumala)
of different deities. The chief deity was the god of thunder and the sky, Ukko; other important deities included Jumala, Ahti, and Tapio. Jumala was a sky...
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dead. Ukko ("old man") was a god of the sky, weather, and the crops. The Finnish word for thunder, "ukkonen" (little Ukko) or "ukonilma" (Ukko's weather)...
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Modern Finnish paganism (redirect from Ukkos faith)
of the Finns. A precursor movement was the Ukonusko ("Ukko's Faith", revolving around the god Ukko) of the early 20th century. The main problem in the revival...
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Ukko Iisakki Peltonen (born 15 June 1998) is a Finnish racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Global 6 Cycling. 2018 2nd Time trial, National...
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Pehr Evind Svinhufvud (redirect from Ukko-Pekka)
not become a President embraced by all the people, although as the amiable Ukko-Pekka ("Old Man Pekka"), he did enjoy wide popularity. Svinhufvud's sharp...
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range from Rauni having been a mother goddess and consort of Ukko to being identified with Ukko himself. Opinion among scholars concerning the role of Rauni...
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Ukko Antti Einari Happonen (born 13 March 2007) is a Finnish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bologna U19 academy team in Primavera. In July 2023...
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The Spirit of Ukko is the debut studio album by the Finnish heavy metal band Kiuas, released on 4 May 2005 by Spinefarm Records. "Ukko" in Finnish mythology...
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VR Class Hr1 (redirect from Ukko-Pekka (locomotive))
with roller bearings, had Witte-type deflectors. The class's nickname was "Ukko-Pekka", meaning approximately "(respected) Grandpa Pekka", after the President...
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thunder god Ukko, similar to Thor's Mjölnir. Ukonvasara means 'hammer of Ukko'; similarly, Ukonkirves means 'axe of Ukko'. It was said that Ukko created lightning...
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Ukko Hietala (4 August 1904 – 31 October 1990) was a Finnish modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics. "Ukko Hietala Olympic Results"...
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Some researchers consider Perkele to be an original name of the thunder god Ukko, the chief god of the Finnish pagan pantheon, but this view is not shared...
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would make their afterlife better. In Finnish mythology, Akka is the wife of Ukko and is the goddess of fertility. As they make love, thunder rolls. She can...
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prominent god in Estonian mythology, with a strong resemblance to the Finnish Ukko and the Germanic Thor. The Livonian place name Thoreyda (also Thoreida and...
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thunder and lightning. From this root comes the name of the Finnish deity Ukko, which has a Balto-Slavic origin. Artifacts, traditions and toponyms show...
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Parkuns), as an alternate name for the thunder god of Finnish paganism, Ukko, and co-opted by the Christian church. In an early translation of The Bible...
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Land of the Young (Irish: Tír na nÓg) with an unscrupulous dwarf called Ukko, fighting monsters and mercenaries. In one early adventure he rescues a maiden...
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College of Europe in Bruges in 2004. Tedesco Triccas and her Finnish husband Ukko Metsola (National Coalition Party) met in 1999 and married in Rabat, Malta...
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partnered with Ukko Mobile to extend Ukko Mobile's LTE 450MHz coverage also in Åland. At the same time, Ålcom took a minority stake in Ukko Mobile. "Ekonomichef...
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absent. Then, she entreats a bee to ascend to the halls of the over-god Ukko and fetch from there a drop of honey as ointment that would bring Lemminkäinen...
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featuring the voice of her father as the character of the magic snowman, Lumi Ukko. In honoring her father’s legacy to help children’s causes universally, she...
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Ukonkivi ("Ukko's rock") is located on the island of Ukonsaari in lake Inari, Finnish Lapland. The Inari Sami name for the island is Äijih. The area of...
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The Tomten in Åbo Castle (redirect from Turun linnan tonttu-ukko)
Turku Castle; Swedish: Tomtegubben i Åbo slott, Finnish: Turun linnan tonttu-ukko) is a Finnish fairy tale from 1849 by Zachris Topelius. It tells the story...
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(thunder-home) was given. Later on, the sky itself was called taivas and the sky-god Ukko Ylijumala, literally Grandfather or Old Man Overgod. However, when Christianity...
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List of minor planets: 2001–3000 (redirect from 2020 Ukko)
28, 1935 Johannesburg H. van Gent FLO · moon 7.9 km MPC · JPL 2020 Ukko 1936 FR Ukko March 18, 1936 Turku Y. Väisälä EOS 19 km MPC · JPL 2021 Poincaré...
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Thor" or "Driving Thor", though possibly derived from the Finnish god Ukko ("Ukko-Thor") Gylfaginning Rymr Rym "noise" Nafnaþulur, Þrymlur II (6), III...
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summits are called Ukko-Koli (347 m), Akka-Koli (339 m), Paha-Koli (334 m) and Pieni-Koli (238 m). (Names refer to the God of Sky, Ukko, the Female Spirit...
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