entities: ENT_FINN_AHTI

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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
ENT_FINN_AHTI Ahti   Finnish sea deity / lord of the waters Sea Deity sea; water; fish; fishing; underwater realm; rivers; lakes       A           Sea deity and lord of the waters in Finnish and Karelian folk religion; also called Ahto. Agricola's 1551 Psalter names Ahti explicitly in the Häme deity list as the deity of water and fish: "Ahti gave fish and water creatures." He rules the underwater realm Ahtola from its palace on the sea floor. His wife is Vellamo ("the calm one"), who governs the surface of water and is described as a great fish-woman or mermaid. Fishermen made offerings to Ahti and invoked him before setting out. In the Kalevala (Runo 42-49), Ahti/Ahto appears in connection with the quest for the Sampo and the contest with Louhi. He is an ambiguous deity — generous when properly propitiated but dangerous and jealous of his waters. The name Ahti may connect to the Estonian and Finnic sea/water deity tradition (cf. Estonian Ahti). Pentikäinen (1999) pp. 105-120; Kalevala Runo 42. deity

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