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{{short description|Finnish deity}}
{{about|Finnish deity|the DC Comics character|Dominus (DC Comics)}}
In [[Finnish mythology]], '''Tuoni''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈtuo̯ni}}) was the [[god]] of [[Tuonela]] (the world of the dead), and darkness personified. He was the husband of [[Tuonetar]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Parker |editor1-first=Janet |editor2-last=Stanton |editor2-first=Julie |title=Mythology Myths, Legends, & Fantasies |date=2004 |publisher=[[The Quarto Group#Imprints|Global Book Publishing]] |isbn=9780785817901 |page=253}}</ref> Their children included Kipu-Tyttö, Tuonenpoika, and [[Loviatar]], who were divinities of suffering.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Aldrington |editor1-first=Richard |editor2-last=Ames |editor2-first=Delano |title=Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology |date=1959 |publisher=Prometheus Press |isbn=1566195705 |page=316}}</ref> When in human form, he appears as an old man with three fingers on each hand and a hat of darkness.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bonser |first1=Wilfrid |title=The Mythology of the Kalevala, with Notes on Bear-Worship among the Finns |journal=Folklore |date=1928 |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=344–358 |doi=10.1080/0015587X.1928.9716794 |jstor=1255969 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of death deities]]

==References==
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{{Kalevala}}

[[Category:Finnish gods]]
[[Category:Underworld gods]]


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