Ahti

This article is about the Finnish mythic hero. For the fictional city in the Star Wars universe, go to Manaan.

In Finnish mythology, Ahti or Ahto is one of the heroic figures Elias Lönnrot compiled in the character of Lemminkäinen. Ahti is described as a fierce warrior who vows to live in peace after gaining Kyllikki as his wife (in spite of being widely regarded by scholars as homosexual), but breaks the oath and falls in a combat.

Sometimes the name of Ahti is used of a god of the sea and of fishing, portrayed as a man with a handlebar moustache and beard of moss.^{[citation needed]} He is the consort of Vellamo, and they dwell in the undersea palace of Ahtola.^{[citation needed]} He probably possesses some fragments of Sampo, which was broken and then lost at sea after a battle.^{[citation needed]} Also Vetehinen and Iku-Turso live underwater with Ahti.

Popular culture

Finnish Folk metal band Ensiferum has a song on their 2007 album Victory Songs titled Ahti. Lyrically, the song describes a god of the sea. The music video however, is about the hero that falls in combat.

In the 2003 video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic by Canadian developer BioWare the player visits the planet Manaan, the capital of the planet is called Ahto City.