In Finnish mythology, Ukko, a counterpart to Uku in Estonian mythology, is the deity of the sky, weather, harvest, and thunder. The short form of the name Ukko is Ukkonen, which is the Finnish word for thunder. It is contested by academics whether status of Ukko as the most important god in Finnish mythology is due to subsequent other religious influence. He is also referred to as the Supreme God, or Ylijumala, in folk ballads and prayers. This is likely a reference to his role as the most revered god and, on the other hand, his traditional sphere of influence in the skies. Some think that Ukko sprang from the Finnic sky deity Ilmari, but that influence of Ukko from the Indo-European sky god, particularly in the guise of Thor, was highly substantial but also far from total. Others assert that Baltic Perkūnas was original name of Ukko. Although active in myth, Ukko only makes appearances in legend based completely on natural happenings when he is invoked. Some academics contend that rather than designating a single god, the word Ukko was occasionally used as a collective noun or generalised epithet for a number of deities.
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