She’s also Väinämöinen’s äiti… in one way or another.
Also in the same lore, Marjatta is impregnated by a lingonberry…
Also the name was an inspiration of the supreme deity of Arda/Middle Earth/Lord of the Rings: Iluvatar
And in the D&D world of Forgotten Realms there’s an Ilmater (though male). The world also has more important Finnish-gods like Mielikki, Loviatar and less important or dead deities of the “Pantheon”
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She’s also Väinämöinen’s äiti… in one way or another.
Also in the same lore, Marjatta is impregnated by a lingonberry…
Also the name was an inspiration of the supreme deity of Arda/Middle Earth/Lord of the Rings: Iluvatar
And in the D&D world of Forgotten Realms there’s an Ilmater (though male). The world also has more important Finnish-gods like Mielikki, Loviatar and less important or dead deities of the “Pantheon”