Virankannos

Virankannos
Protector of oats, fertility
Other namesVirokannas, Visakanta (Forest Finns), Vierokanta, Viinikanta, Tinakanta
Equivalents
NorseFreyr
SámiRadien-attje

Virankannos is a Finnish fertility god. He was first mentioned in writing by Mikael Agricola in the preamble of his 1551 Finnish translation of the Book of Psalms as a protector of oats ("Wirancannos Cauran caitzi").

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