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Examples
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And when he had ended his story they both gave thanks to great Ukko that they had found each other again.
Finnish Legends for English Children R. Eivind
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Then Wainamoinen prayed to Ukko to be merciful and kind to them, and to protect them from frost and hail and bears, and to let the golden light of the Moon and Sun shine for ever on the plains of Kalevala.
Finnish Legends for English Children R. Eivind
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Finns (who have Ukko, "Father Heaven," Akka, "Mother Earth"), and other more barbaric peoples.
The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day Alexander F. Chamberlain
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'Now, wicked Lempo heard what Ukko had said, and he himself breathed into it the breath of life, and shaped it to the form of a serpent, adding to the spittle all manner of evil things, every poisonous plant and thing from the Deathland.
Finnish Legends for English Children R. Eivind
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And Ukko granted his prayer and his hands were healed.
Finnish Legends for English Children R. Eivind
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_Kureel_, a _Rairoo_, _Ukko_, _Joussa_, and Salsola robusta, but occur in no great plenty, they and all the face of the country exhibit marks of inundation.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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_Kureel_, and Ukko, Calotropis Hamiltonii; _Bheirs_ shrubby; one of the most abundant plants is the _Joussa_ or prickly Leguminosa, with the habit of Fagonia; some of the saline loving Compositae, No. 51, frutex 2 -
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Water is plentiful in bunds and river, but the country is very very bare, Salicornia robusta uncommon, Plantago canescens, Poa, Cynodon, _Ukko_ is very common, otherwise _Kureel_ is the predominant plant.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Towards the mouth of the pass, Paederia involucrata, Villarsia, Lycioid, Stenophyllum and _Ukko_ are common, but they are rare inside, although the last continues some distance up the hills and attains a large size, becoming quite arboreous.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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May the great god, Ukko, the Creator, grant that I may once more reach my dear home and country.
Finnish Legends for English Children R. Eivind
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