{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_FINN_MIELIKKI", "Mielikki", null, "Finnish", "forest goddess / patroness of bears", "Nature Deity", "forest; bears; animals; healing; hunting; woodland abundance", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Goddess of the forest and patroness of bears in Finnish and Karelian folk religion; wife of Tapio, co-ruler of the forest realm Tapiola. Bears occupy the highest sacred status in Finnish folk religion \u2014 they are \"Otava\" (the Great Bear), Tapio's cattle \u2014 and Mielikki is their special protector and keeper. The bear hunt was a major ritual complex, and hunter invocations to Mielikki were essential for a successful bear kill and for the proper return of the bear's spirit to Tapiola. Kalevala Runo 14 includes an extended invocation to Mielikki to release game from her forest storehouse: \"O Mielikki, forest's mistress, fair-faced mistress of the woodland\" (Bosley trans., Runo 14:213). Also called Tellervo (her daughter) and Luonnotar in some variants. Mielikki's name is connected to the Finnish word mieluinen (\"pleasant, beloved\"). Her healing aspects relate to the bear's fat, used as medicine. Pentik\u00e4inen (1999) pp. 145-158.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_FINN_MIELIKKI"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.059161999975913, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}