Ahti
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This article is about the Finnish god. For the fictional city in the Star Wars universe, go to Manaan.
In Finnish mythology, Ahti or Ahto is the god of the sea and of fishing, portrayed as a man with a beard of moss. He is the consort of Vellamo, and they dwell in the undersea palace of Ahtola. He probably possesses some fragments of Sampo, which was broken and then lost at sea after a battle. Also Vetehinen and Iku-Turso live underwater with Ahti. Sometimes he is confused with Lemminkäinen.