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This section contains information about phenomena that are generally believed to have a supernatural, mystical nature, and the very existence of which is currently in doubt.Phenomena Hierarchy

Tapio

Added	Thu, 13/02/2020
Hierarchy	Phenomena Неизвестные существа Spirits Духи-хранители Тапио
Область распространения	Russia Finland
Характерные признаки	→ → →
Sources	mifolog.ru Мифологический словарь/Гл. ред. Мелетинский Е.М. - М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1990 г.- 672 с. Мифы народов мира/под ред. Токарева С. А. - М., Советская энциклопедия, 1992 г. - т.2 - 719 с.

God of forest in Finnish and Karelian mythology. He sends good luck to the hunters. In the forest he left a small offering at the stump - "table of Tapio". In the Karelian-Finnish runes Tapio acted as master of the woodland Tapiola (Metsola) and depicted a gray-bearded old man. His wife was the goddess Myslicki (Mettiki), the mistress of the forest.

Tapio was opposed to the Underworld, the evil spirit of the forest, but sometimes identified with him.

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