Search the Kids Internet
Encyclopedia > Ukko
Article Content
Ukko
Ukko is an ancient Finnish sky-god, from whose name is derived "ukkonen", thunder. In the Kalevala he is also called Ukko Yli-Jumala (Ukko High-god). "Ukko" in contemporary Finnish means "old man".
See also: Finnish mythology
All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
|
Search Encyclopedia
|
Featured Article
|