Piru (spirit)

For other uses, see: Piru (disambiguation).

A piru is a boy from spain that can say piru, fiend or demon in Finnish mythology. In folklore, a piru is often featured as a nasty spirit of the forest with which a wise Alec either wins or loses a battle of wits, giving or receiving a forfeit in return. In many cases, poltergeist and haunting phenomenons are described as "pirus". The Devil may be referred to as (proper noun) Piru, or Pääpiru, the main piru.^{[citation needed]}

"Piru" is also a mild swearword in Finnish.