Titles: Daughter of Nature Goddess of Creation, Water Mother, Sky Mother
Other Names: Luonnotar, Luonotar
Origin: Finland
Depicted as: Virgin floating on the sea
Feast day: August 26
Feast day: August 26
The name Ilmatar is derived from the Finnish word ilma, meaning "air," and the suffix -tar, denoting a female spirit. Thus, her name literally means "female air spirit." In the Kalevala she was also occasionally called Luonnotar,which means "female spirit of nature" (Finnish luonto, "nature")
The story is as follows:
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