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TeroPorthan — Loviatar and Birth of Diseases (Tautien synty)
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Published: 2017-05-02 16:39:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 10423; Favourites: 380; Downloads: 42
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Loviatar, great witch of the North, was impregnated by the North Wind, and gave birth to the first diseases.
Read more about Finnish mythology and folklore on Tiina Porthan's and Tero Porthan's site Mythical Creatures in Finnish Folklore. In Finnish: Kalman kartano
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this is very impressive. Love all the little creatures.
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Yea, but they grew strong and evil! xD
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I wonder if being a mother of diseases makes Loviatar the Finnish mythology version of Loki the father/mother of monsters.
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I have been reading a few books of Finnish mythology and in those, it says that northern wind or Pohjantuuli was very dangerous because it brought both diseases and ill-luck.
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Yea, no wonder it was the father of diseases!
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I wonder how Maiden of the north reacted when seeing her brothers for the first time.
Oh, BTW do you have any theories about the tenth son of Luovitar who was unnamed because he was the worst.
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I found a pretty interesting poem/spell for healing fly and pain disorder.
Päästä tästä pälkähästä, Mene tuonne kunne käsken,
kivusta kovaosaisen. rinteile rosokivien,
Poista pisto pyytäjästä, kipuvuorille kapua.
säryn salli seisahtua, Kivut kirvoita kulohon,
kivun kirvelyn kadota. pistot mustille majoille,
Kipu kuule käskijääsi: kipuvuoren kukkuroille,
mene tuonne kunne käsken, hautaan harmajan kivikon.
mene tuule teitä myöten Vie kipuni paaden alle,
notkoile noroperille, louhikkoon lymyämähän,
soille soutamattomille, mätänemään mättään alle.
ettet löydä mistä lähdit.
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Yes, it's a variation of the banishments (manaukset), I actually have a picture inspired by Pain Mountain (Kipuvuori) and Pain Girl (Kiputyttö):
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Nice. I just wonder where do the pain and other stuff end up after being taken to Pain Mountain. Like do they end up in Tuonela or to some other places?.
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They go deep into the cellars/depths of Pain Mountain, which is in Tuonela.
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Well, it looks like Tuoni's job just got much painful.
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Lol she's so nasty!
What an amazing job every detail offered is so perfectly gross!
Love the weight distribution on her pose, really top notch attention to detail all around!
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Thank you! I'm glad to hear it as I focused a lot on the details
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I do.. very imaginative work
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I really love the dynamic in all of your works!
And her face is pretty outstanding! Very cool depiction of mythology, congrats
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Thank you for your nice comment!!
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En ookaan hirveesti nähny kalevala aiheista kuvitusta, hyvää työtä!
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Kiitos ja kiva kuulla!! 
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Always cool to see Finnish mythology illustrated, especially when its this creepy.
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Thank you KernaaliTanuli
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No probs, keep up the good work
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