Encyclopedia > Piru

Article Content

Piru

A Piru is a minor evil spirit or Demon in Finnish mythology.

In folklore the Piru often features as a nasty spirit of the forest with which a wise-aleck either wins or loses a battle of wits, giving or receiving a forfeit[?] in return.

The Devil is often referred to as Pääpiru, literally "Headpiru".

"Piru" is also a mild swearword in Finnish.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Lake Ronkonkoma, New York

... 1.27% from two or more races. 5.85% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 6,700 households out of which 35.6% have children under the age of 18 ...