Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025): Women and Water: The Flow of Matriculture
Creative Contributions

The Finnish water mother Veen Emo

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  • Kaaina Kailo
Kaaina Kailo
University of Oulu
Selected from the artwork, this piece shows the purple, dark blue, and teal blue fibre.

Published 2025-03-30

Keywords

  • Veen Emo,
  • water goddess,
  • mythology of Finland,
  • matriculture,
  • fibre art

Copyright (c) 2025 Kaaina Kailo (Author)

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How to Cite

The Finnish water mother Veen Emo. (2025). Matrix: A Journal for Matricultural Studies, 4(1), 153-154. https://doi.org/10.60676/7te8yg84

Abstract

Veen Emo, the Mother Goddess of the Water world, with her many names (Vellamo, Vuotar, Äinemöinen) is associated in Finnish folklore with the oldest of healing ointments, undulating wavy lotions, the balmy balsams. Raising her knee from the sea world, she lets the golden eye, looking for a nest, circling over her, lay her eggs on her lifted knee, thus creating the world together with Ilmatar, Daughter of Air. See the PDF for the complete work.

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