What is Väki?
{{No sources|date=May 2020}} In [[Finnish mythology]], '''Väki''' means races of [[Haltija]]s (Finnish [[elf|elves]]) and their [[magic]]al powers. Different things in [[nature]] had their own väki guarding them. For example, Väki of [[water]] lived in and protected water. Väki is the name of both the magical power and Haltijas'. Väki could sometimes be seen and they looked like little [[man]]-like [[creature]]s. Sometimes Väki went inside people and made people [[illness|ill]]. Väki made people ill if they behaved badly in their [[kingdom]]. For example, if someone shouted in a [[forest]] without [[wikt:reason|reason]] then the Väki of forest may make then ill. [[Shaman]] could heal these illnesses by telling the Väki to leave the person and go back to its original place. The other version of Väki refers to the realm of the dead. Väki was the anonymous pack of dead people. The Väki had once being their beloved ones and relatives, but after spending some time in the afterlife, they all became unknown masses of dead creatures without any personal markings. {{religion-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vaki}} [[Category:Finnish mythology]]