Ajatar is a forest goddess who lures people to the forest and makes them get lost. She may also lie down next to a person sleeping in the forest and make them see nightmares.

Women of Might and Magic: Witch Queens, Deities of Death and Nature Goddesses in Finnish Mythology available on Amazon

Read about the Finnish underworld in The Finnish Book of the Dead: Gods, Spirits and Creatures of the Underworld in Finnish Mythology and Folklore by Tiina Porthan and Tero Porthan, available on Amazon.

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