Väinämöinen

Väinämöinen

Finland

Väinämöinen is a wise old man, or possibly a god, as he is described in Finnish folklore as the creator of the universe. He defeated his rival, Joukahainen, but the two were reconciled and the most likely ending to the saga is that they sailed away from mortal realms in a boat.

This entity appears in the story “12. The Heathens Are Expelled”.