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	'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>		'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>

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	'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>		'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>

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	:for ploughing and harvesting''		:for ploughing and harvesting''

	Pikne was protector of the holy river [[Võhandu]] in [[Võru County]], and punished people who built mills there by sending them no rain. The incident along with the prayer was recorded by the pastor Johann Gutslaff in his work ''Kurtzer Bericht und Unterricht Von der Falsch-heilig genandten Bäche in Lieffland Wöhhanda'' (published in [[Tartu]], 1644).		Pikne was protector of the [[holy river]] [[Võhandu]] in [[Võru County]], and punished people who built mills there by sending them no rain. The incident along with the prayer was recorded by the pastor Johann Gutslaff in his work ''Kurtzer Bericht und Unterricht Von der Falsch-heilig genandten Bäche in Lieffland Wöhhanda'' (published in [[Tartu]], 1644).

	This prayer has been used by the Estonian composer [[Veljo Tormis]] in his 1974 choral work ''Litany to Thunder'' (text rendered into the [[Võro dialect]] of contemporary [[South Estonian language\|Southern Estonian]] and developed by the writer [[Ain Kaalep]]).		This prayer has been used by the Estonian composer [[Veljo Tormis]] in his 1974 choral work ''Litany to Thunder'' (text rendered into the [[Võro dialect]] of contemporary [[South Estonian language\|Southern Estonian]] and developed by the writer [[Ain Kaalep]]).

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	'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>		'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>

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	'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>		'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>
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	==Legend==		==Legend==
	In the [[Middle Ages]], the [[paganism\|pagan]] priests made [[animal sacrifice]]s to Pikne. The most famous priest of Pikne (literally: thunder priest) was the seventeenth-century [[Jürgen of Wihtla]], who uttered the following prayer:		In the [[Middle Ages]], the [[paganism\|pagan]] priests made [[animal sacrifice]]s to Pikne. The most famous priest of Pikne (literally: thunder priest) was the seventeenth-century Jürgen of Wihtla ({{Lang-et\|Vihtla Jürgen}}), who uttered the following prayer:

	:''Take it Pikne,''		:''Take it Pikne,''

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	In the [[Middle Ages]], the [[paganism\|pagan]] priests made [[animal sacrifice]]s to Pikne. The most famous priest of Pikne (literally: thunder priest) was the seventeenth-century [[Jürgen of Wihtla]], who uttered the following prayer:		In the [[Middle Ages]], the [[paganism\|pagan]] priests made [[animal sacrifice]]s to Pikne. The most famous priest of Pikne (literally: thunder priest) was the seventeenth-century [[Jürgen of Wihtla]], who uttered the following prayer:

	:''Take it Pikne,		:''Take it Pikne,''
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	'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>		'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>

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	==References==		==References==
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	'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, ISBN 1-60506-769-5, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>		'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>

	There was an Estonian satire and humor magazine called ''[[Pikker (magazine)\|Pikker]]''.		There was an Estonian satire and humor magazine called ''[[Pikker (magazine)\|Pikker]]''.

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	'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the [[god]] of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, ISBN 1-60506-769-5, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>		'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, ISBN 1-60506-769-5, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>

	There was an Estonian satire and humor magazine called ''[[Pikker (magazine)\|Pikker]]''.		There was an Estonian satire and humor magazine called ''[[Pikker (magazine)\|Pikker]]''.

	==Legend==		==Legend==
	In the [[Middle Ages]], the [[paganism\|pagan]] ~~[[priest]]s~~ made [[animal sacrifice]]s to Pikne. The most famous priest of Pikne (literally: thunder priest) was the seventeenth-century [[Jürgen of Wihtla]], who uttered the following prayer:		In the [[Middle Ages]], the [[paganism\|pagan]] priests made [[animal sacrifice]]s to Pikne. The most famous priest of Pikne (literally: thunder priest) was the seventeenth-century [[Jürgen of Wihtla]], who uttered the following prayer:

	:''Take it Pikne,		:''Take it Pikne,
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	This prayer has been used by the Estonian composer [[Veljo Tormis]] in his 1974 choral work ''Litany to Thunder'' (text rendered into the [[Võro dialect]] of contemporary [[South Estonian language\|Southern Estonian]] and developed by the writer [[Ain Kaalep]]).		This prayer has been used by the Estonian composer [[Veljo Tormis]] in his 1974 choral work ''Litany to Thunder'' (text rendered into the [[Võro dialect]] of contemporary [[South Estonian language\|Southern Estonian]] and developed by the writer [[Ain Kaalep]]).

	According to the myths collected by [[Matthias Johann Eisen]], Pikne is the brother of [[Kõu]] and the son of [[Uku (god)\|Uku]]. The evil underworld god [[Vanatühi]] stole his whistle or bagpipes. Without blowing it, the gods couldn't help the farmers who were praying for rain. Uku was angered and sent Pikne back to Earth, where he worked as a farmhand. He visited a [[wedding]], where he pretended to be a [[musician]] and regained his magic instrument (compare the [[Poetic Edda\|Eddaic]] myth of ''[[Trymskvida]]'').		According to the myths collected by [[Matthias Johann Eisen]], Pikne is the brother of [[Kõu]] and the son of [[Uku (god)\|Uku]]. The evil underworld god [[Vanatühi]] stole his whistle or bagpipes. Without blowing it, the gods couldn't help the farmers who were praying for rain. Uku was angered and sent Pikne back to Earth, where he worked as a farmhand. He visited a wedding, where he pretended to be a musician and regained his magic instrument (compare the [[Poetic Edda\|Eddaic]] myth of ''[[Trymskvida]]'').

	==References==		==References==

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			[[File:Pikker. Oskar Kallis.jpg\|thumb\|500px\|''Pikker'' ([[Oskar Kallis]], 1914)]]

	'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>		'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>

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	'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, ISBN 1-60506-769-5, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>		'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, {{ISBN\|1-60506-769-5}}, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>

	There was an Estonian satire and humor magazine called ''[[Pikker (magazine)\|Pikker]]''.		There was an Estonian satire and humor magazine called ''[[Pikker (magazine)\|Pikker]]''.

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	'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the [[god]] of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, ISBN 1-60506-769-5, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>		'''Pikne''' (also ''Piken'' or ''Pikker'': the long one) is the god of [[lightning]] in [[Estonian mythology]].<ref>The Hero of Esthonia, By William Forsell Kirby, ,Forgotten Books, ISBN 1-60506-769-5, pg. 31</ref> In [[Finnish language\|Finnish]], lightning is sometimes called ''Pitkäinen'', which is similar in meaning. It is likely that both are [[taboo]] [[euphemism]]s.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Haavio\|first=Martti\|title=Suomalaisen muinaisrunouden maailma\|year=1935\|publisher=WSOY\|location=Porvoo, Helsinki}}</ref>

	There was an Estonian satire and humor magazine called ''[[Pikker (magazine)\|Pikker]]''.		There was an Estonian satire and humor magazine called ''[[Pikker (magazine)\|Pikker]]''.

	==Legend==		==Legend==
	In the [[Middle Ages]], the [[paganism\|pagan]] ~~[[priest]]s~~ made [[animal sacrifice]]s to Pikne. The most famous priest of Pikne (literally: thunder priest) was the seventeenth-century [[Jürgen of Wihtla]], who uttered the following prayer:		In the [[Middle Ages]], the [[paganism\|pagan]] priests made [[animal sacrifice]]s to Pikne. The most famous priest of Pikne (literally: thunder priest) was the seventeenth-century [[Jürgen of Wihtla]], who uttered the following prayer:

	:''Take it Pikne,		:''Take it Pikne,
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	This prayer has been used by the Estonian composer [[Veljo Tormis]] in his 1974 choral work ''Litany to Thunder'' (text rendered into the [[Võro dialect]] of contemporary [[South Estonian language\|Southern Estonian]] and developed by the writer [[Ain Kaalep]]).		This prayer has been used by the Estonian composer [[Veljo Tormis]] in his 1974 choral work ''Litany to Thunder'' (text rendered into the [[Võro dialect]] of contemporary [[South Estonian language\|Southern Estonian]] and developed by the writer [[Ain Kaalep]]).

	According to the myths collected by [[Matthias Johann Eisen]], Pikne is the brother of [[Kõu]] and the son of [[Uku (god)\|Uku]]. The evil underworld god [[Vanatühi]] stole his whistle or bagpipes. Without blowing it, the gods couldn't help the farmers who were praying for rain. Uku was angered and sent Pikne back to Earth, where he worked as a farmhand. He visited a [[wedding]], where he pretended to be a [[musician]] and regained his magic instrument (compare the [[Poetic Edda\|Eddaic]] myth of ''[[Trymskvida]]'').		According to the myths collected by [[Matthias Johann Eisen]], Pikne is the brother of [[Kõu]] and the son of [[Uku (god)\|Uku]]. The evil underworld god [[Vanatühi]] stole his whistle or bagpipes. Without blowing it, the gods couldn't help the farmers who were praying for rain. Uku was angered and sent Pikne back to Earth, where he worked as a farmhand. He visited a wedding, where he pretended to be a musician and regained his magic instrument (compare the [[Poetic Edda\|Eddaic]] myth of ''[[Trymskvida]]'').

	==References==		==References==