Finnish

Noun

tulikettu

1. (mythology) A type of mythical creature in the Finnish folklore - a fox with a firy or radiant hair. It has been believed that the northern lights are a reflection of its hair. The literal meaning of the Finnish word for northern lights (revontulet) is "fox's fires".
   • 1952, Veikko Huovinen, Havukka-ahon ajattelija, WSOY 1974 (ISBN 978-951-0-06520-X) page 20:

     – Etpä taija tietääkään, Nikke, että tuolla lammen vastaisella rinteellä on tuliketun pesä. Arvailehan, mikä on tulikettu, niin minä kerron.

     - I bet you don't know, Nikke, that on that hillside across the pond there's a lair of a firefox. Try to guess what a firefox is, so I'll tell you.

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Synonyms

• tulikko
• tulirepo