Talk:Ukko

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80.221.207.3 changed Ukko from a sky god into a god of thunder and from a high-god into an over-god. I suspect this is not correct. The word "ylijumala", if taken to be modern Finnish, would indeed mean over god or even head god. What I've heard is this interpretation is incorrect. The first part "yli-" does not refer to a higher position as in superiority but to ylinen, which is a word no longer used referring to more or less the things above (the sky). This would mean, among other things, that Ukko is indeed the god of the sky not merely the god of thunder. (Thunders are still among the things he does.) My information may be incorrect. --Lakefall 16:45, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)

According to the Finnish page Ukko is a god of weather, crop and thunderstorm. That does not necessarily contradict anything I said earlier. (It sounds like a matter of interpretation.) --Lakefall 16:54, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)