#ukonkirves

Ukko’s axe, the symbol of the ancient Finnish mythology.

byLinda Piekäinen

This is a Finnish symbol for the God of the weather, harvest and thunder, his name is Ukko. The symbol has several names; Ukonvaaja,UkonkirvesandUkonvasara. The translation in english is the Axe of Ukko.

Many people mistake this to be Mjölner (Thor’s hammer), even most of the Finns call this symbol Thor’s hammer when they see it. I want to spread the knowledge, so that more people would notice that the old beliefs in Scandinavia are completely different from the ones in Finland. They have similarities, but we both have our own traditions, mythologies and creatures.