Äijö (song)

Äijö (song)
Äijö may refer to: *Äijö, a name of the supreme god ( Ukko) in Finnish mythology, more often used when he is portrayed in an evil way or as the Devil * "Äijö" (song), a song by the Finnish folk music group Värttinä {{disambig ...
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Ukko
Ukko (), Äijä or Äijö (Finnish for 'male grandparent', 'grandfather', 'old man'), parallel to Uku in Estonian mythology, is the god of the sky, weather, harvest and thunder in Finnish mythology. Ukkonen, the Finnish word for thunder, is the diminutive form of the name ''Ukko''.Compare to English ''thunder'' (<

Old English

''þunor'') and

German

''donner'' (<

Old High German

''donar'') both derived from

Proto-Germanic

''*þunraz'' and originally synonymic with appellations of the

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