Käreitär

Käreitär or Kärehetär is a haltija or goddess in Finnish mythology, who appears in hunting spells.

First mentioned in writing in 1786 in a fox hunting spell, she was called the Mother of Foxes and a golden woman. In the spell, the hunter offers to her as a sacrifice gold and silver which the hunter's father had won from war. A Kainuu bear hunting spell written down in 1888 mentions the Golden Lady, Kärehetär. She is invited to come to melt and boil silver and gold, and like in the earlier fox spell, the hunter offers her gold and silver the hunter's father had won from war. Another Kainuu fox hunting spell does not address her by this name, but Nokeainen kullan muori ("sooty old mother of gold").