{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_FINN_UKKO", "Ukko", null, "Finnish", "thunder god / sky father", "Thunder Deity", "thunder; rain; sky; crops; weather; harvest; lightning", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Supreme deity and thunder god of the Finnish pantheon; name means \"old man\" (also cf. Estonian Uku, Sami Hovrengaellies). The most important deity in Finnish folk religion. Mikael Agricola's 1551 Psalter is the earliest written attestation: Agricola lists Ukko as the first of the H\u00e4me (Tavastian) deities: \"Ukko ruled weather and the air / and gave rain when summer was dry.\" The Kalevala invokes Ukko repeatedly as the highest divine authority \u2014 Runo 2:323-328 calls on him explicitly: \"Ukko, thou of gods the highest\" (Bosley trans.). He gives rain, controls storms, and governs the harvest. His wife is Akka or Rauni (the Rowan tree deity, possibly a loanword). Ukko is cognate with the Baltic thunder deity Perk\u016bnas and the broader Indo-European thunder deity pattern (Thor/Perun/Zeus/Indra). Pentik\u00e4inen (1999) pp. 121-140.", "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_UKKO"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.905279999983577, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}