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Louhi

Also called Ilpotar, Hostess of Pohyola.

In Finnish tradition, particularly the Kalevala, Louhi is the formidable mistress of the northern realm of Pohjola who sets impossible trials for her daughter's suitors and commands the powers of frost and storm.

At a glance

Tradition
Finnish folklore
Trait family
The Rain-Holders

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Traits

Read from the figure's description, which a model wrote. Open "why" for the sentence a trait came from.

Behaviour

  • Sets impossible tasks for visitors
    why

    Rather than granting her daughter's hand freely, Louhi is consistently described as using the courtship as leverage, imposing seemingly impossible tasks on each suitor in turn.

Offensive powers

  • Control ice and snow
    why

    with Louhi unleashing her Frost Giants against suitors and heroes who fail or betray her.

  • Weather manipulation
    why

    In Finnish tradition, particularly the Kalevala, Louhi is the formidable mistress of the northern realm of Pohjola who sets impossible trials for her daughter's suitors and commands the powers of frost and storm.

Roles

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