Mielikki and the bears

Mielikki is the finnish goddess of nature and animals (especially wounded animals). She is often portrait as young maiden and her colors are green, brown and blue.

In finnish mythology Mielikki was the one who took care of the bear when he was sent to earth from the sky. Still today many finnish respect the bear for it's strenght and powers.

Here in my illustration Mielikki plays together with three little bears.
This illustration was specially done for a bookproject I'm planning. It's about European bear mythology.

Artwork (c) Niina Niskanen
2013
Watercolor and markers

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