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Ilmatar
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Finnish
fi 2015 July 27
Etymology
From fi ilma air tar. The given name was adopted from Finnic oral poetry (e.g. the Kalevala) in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi Finnish mythology An air spirit and the mother of fi Väinämöinen in the Kalevala.
1849 Kalevala (Translation 1988 by Eino Friberg) 1:107-112:
fi Yksin syntyi Väinämöinen, / Ilmestyi ikirunoja / Kapehesta kantajasta, / Ilmattaresta emosta. / Olipa impi, ilman tyttö, / Kave luonnotar korea. Lonely born was Väinämöinen, / All alone, the poet immortal, / From the beautiful who bore him, / From his mother, Ilmatar. / She, the virgin of the air, / Beautiful maiden, Nature's girl, /
fi rare _ as a first name fi female Finnish
Declension
Ilma t tt ar a
Related terms
fi Ilma
fi Ilmarinen
Statistics
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