5/3 20:47 - thehungermythos - 18,381 notes
A festival to be behold in your hands. Beautiful. I wish I could have been there.. ‘sigh’
- Unknown
Tuonela is the underworld, the realm of the dead, in Finnish mythology. Like other underworlds from mythology, it sits on an island and is reached by crossing a river. It is ruled over by the god Tuoni, and his wife Tuonetar, who serves as ferrywoman and hostess.
This realm appears in the Kalevala when Väinämöinen travels there seeking knowledge.