{"database": "deitydb", "table": "sources", "rows": [["SRC_AGRICOLA_PRIMER", "Mikael Agricola, Se Wsi Testamenti (The New Testament) and Psalttari (Finnish Psalter), 1548/1551; deity list in the Psalter introduction (Rucouskiria, 1544)", null, "primary text", "Mikael Agricola (c. 1510-1557), Bishop of Turku and father of written Finnish, included in the prologue to his 1551 Finnish Psalter translation a poetic catalogue of deities worshipped by the H\u00e4me (Tavastians) and Karelians \u2014 the earliest written attestation of Finnish deity names. The H\u00e4me list includes Ukko (thunder, crops), Tapio (forest game), Ahti (water, fish), Piru (evil spirits), Rauni (Ukko's wife), Egres (beans/turnips), Kekri (harvest), and others. The Karelian list adds further deities. This is the single most important pre-Kalevala primary source for Finnish deity names, predating L\u00f6nnrot's compilations by nearly three centuries and confirming that the Kalevala deities were historically worshipped. Cited here for Ukko, Tapio, and Ahti."]], "columns": ["source_id", "title", "url", "source_type", "scope"], "primary_keys": ["source_id"], "primary_key_values": ["SRC_AGRICOLA_PRIMER"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7409610000195244, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}