Some accounts claim that the wind who impregnated Loviatar was the sea monster, Iku-Turso. However, it is believed he was Enchanter and banished by Loviatar to become the scourge of humankind. The final son was considered the most dreadful, which is why his name does not appear in any reliable text. She was believed to have become pregnant by the East-wind and consequently birthed nine sons, all of whom carried the vilest diseases: Pistos (consumption), Ähky (colic), Luuvalo (gout), Riisi (rickets), Paise (ulcer), Rupi (scab), Syöjä (cancer), and Rutto (plague). Loviatar spins on a hillside by Akseli Gallen-KallelaĪccording to legend, Loviatar was the evilest daughter of her parents and had the blackest of hearts. ( Kalevala, Rune XLV, from the translation by John Martin Crawford ) The blind daughter of Tuoni, Old and wicked witch, Lowyatar, Worst of all the Death-land women, Ugliest of Mana’s children, Source of all the host of evils, All the ills and plagues of Northland, Black in heart, and soul, and visage, Evil genius of Lappala, Made her couch along the wayside, On the fields of sin and sorrow Turned her back upon the East-wind, To the source of stormy weather, To the chilling winds of morning. The Kalevala, a nineteenth-century work of poetry recognized as the national epic of Finland, references Loviatar: With her origins in Finnish mythology, this goddess of death and disease was the blind daughter of Tuoni, the god of death, and his underworld queen, Tuonetar. Loviatar has certainly earned her status as a top evil god. Loviatar: Finnish Goddess of Death, Pain, and Disease The Defense of the Sampo by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, 1896, in the Turku Art Museum Some sources claim that the demonic offspring Lilith bore-after she left Adam-were the incubi and succubi, and sired by an archangel named Samael.ģ. When Lilith sees the names, she remembers her oath and leaves the child alone. This agreement is why the angels’ names were engraved on the amulets. The angels threatened to drown her in the sea, but she bargained with them, consenting to allow some of her demonic children to die day after day. There, she bore a demonic brood of more than one hundred a day. In her rage, she had flown to the Red Sea, a place of ill repute, full of lascivious demons. These angels were those, supposedly, sent by God after Lilith refused to submit to Adam. She could only be thwarted by an amulet inscribed with the names of three angels-Senoy, Sansenoy, and Semangel-which was placed around a newborn baby’s neck. After the couple was banished from the Garden of Eden, Lilith transformed into a demoness, vowing her revenge on all men.ĭetail of Original Sin and Banishment from the Garden of Eden by Michelangelo, 1509, via Musei Vaticani, Vatican Cityĭue to her bitterness and a subsequent inability to bear children, Lilith was also known to threaten women in childbirth. Consumed by jealousy, Lilith turned into a snake and tempted Eve with the forbidden apple. However, Adam disliked her lack of subservience, so she abandoned him. Some texts claim that Lilith was the first wife of the Bible’s Adam and was created on par with him. Her epithet was “the beautiful maiden,” but she was believed to have been a harlot and a vampire who, once she chose a lover, would never let him go, without ever giving him real satisfaction. Lilith was a she-demon-goddess, with dark origins in Sumerian culture and Babylonian demonology. Many fables surround this next evil god and her fantastical vocations. Lilith: Female Demon of Jewish Folklore Lady Lilith by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1867, via The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The evil god Whiro is often confused with a hero of the same name: Whiro the voyager.Ĥ. To prevent being consumed by Whiro, one should be cremated, as the god cannot gain strength from ashes. Each bit of flesh made him stronger so that eventually he would be powerful enough to break free of the netherworld, breach the surface, and devour everything. When a person died, it was believed that upon their descent into the underworld, they were eaten by Whiro. His demonic guidance was ceaseless and did not end with just the living. Whiro went on to rule the underworld and was responsible for all the wicked things that humans did.
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