# Ilmatar — The Kalevala character guide

> Ilmatar in The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Straightway Ilmatar

**First appearance:** 0004-rune-i-birth-of-wainamoinen

## Who they are

Daughter of the air, mother of Wainamoinen and creatrix of the world.

## Links

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