Tuonela

Japanese: Tuonela
Tuonela

...People pray to the thunder god Ukko for rain and fertility. The Kalevala, a folk poem, says that the heavens and the earth were born from a cosmic egg, and that swans swim in the river of Tuonela, the underworld.
【history】

[The Age of the Proto-Finnish]
The Finns owe their origins to the main Finno-Ugric group of the Uralic language family.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Tuonela" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…人びとは雷神ウッコUkkoに雨と豊饒を祈り求める。天地は宇宙卵より発生し,冥府トゥオネラTuonelaの川には白鳥が泳いでいると民族詩《カレワラ》は述べている。
【歴史】

[原フィン人の時代]
 フィンランド人の起源はウラル語族の主流フィン・ウゴル語系集団に求められる。…

※「Tuonela」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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