Tuonela
E750933
Tuonela is the realm of the dead in Finnish mythology, often portrayed as a dark, river-bound underworld in the national epic Kalevala.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Swan of Tuonela | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
location in Finnish mythology
ⓘ
mythological underworld ⓘ realm of the dead ⓘ tone poem ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Finnish folk belief
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death ⓘ shamanism ⓘ the afterlife ⓘ underworld journey ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
Greek Hades
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norse Hel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Jean Sibelius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | world of the living ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Finland ⓘ |
| culture | Finnish ⓘ |
| describedIn | Kalevala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAccessMethod |
crossing a dark river
ⓘ
magical or shamanic journey ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Tuoni’s realm ⓘ |
| hasAtmosphere |
dark and somber
ⓘ
silent and still ⓘ |
| hasBoundaryType | river boundary between life and death ⓘ |
| hasDeity |
Tuonetar
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tuoni NERFINISHED ⓘ daughters of Tuoni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
boundary river of the dead
ⓘ
dark river ⓘ difficult to reach from the world of the living ⓘ gloomy landscape ⓘ |
| hasInhabitant |
souls of the dead
ⓘ
spirits ⓘ |
| hasLanguageContext | Finnish language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMoralDimension | not strictly a place of moral punishment ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeFunction | setting for heroic and shamanic journeys in Kalevala ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
black swan of Tuonela
ⓘ
river of Tuonela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTemporalStatus | eternal realm ⓘ |
| influenced |
Finnish literature
ⓘ
Finnish national romantic art ⓘ |
| inspiredWork | The Swan of Tuonela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Kalevala, poem of Lemminkäinen’s death ⓘ |
| mythologicalRole |
destination of the dead
ⓘ
place of no return for most mortals ⓘ |
| partOf |
Finnish mythology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kalevala mythological world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | pre-Christian Finnish belief ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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