Loviatar (mythology)

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For the deity in Forgotten Realms role-playing game see Loviatar.

Loviatar (alternative names Loveatar, Lovetar, Lovehetar, Louhetar, and Louhiatar) is a blind daughter of Tuoni, the god of death in Finnish mythology. She was said to be the worst of them all. She was impregnated by wind and gave birth to nine sons, the Nine diseases. She is mentioned in the 45th rune of the Kalevala. [1]

[edit] Excerpt from the Kalevala

The blind daughter of Tuoni,
Old and wicked witch, Lowyatar,
Worst of all the Death-land women,
Ugliest of Mana's children,
Source of all the host of evils,
All the ills and plagues of Northland,
Black in heart, and soul, and visage,
Evil genius of Lappala,
Made her couch along the wayside,
On the fields of sin and sorrow;
Turned her back upon the East-wind,
To the source of stormy weather,
To the chilling winds of morning.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kalevala, Rune XLV. Translated by John Martin Crawford (1888).


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