Kalanpäinen

Kalanpäinen is a fictional Great Old One connected with Finland, created by the Finnish writer Tuomas Saloranta in the 2012 short story "Mahtavat Ammoiset" (Finnish for Great Old Ones). The author Matts W. Cornelius, a character in the story, compares Kalanpäinen to Dagon. (Kalanpäinen means "fish-head" or "fish-headed" in Finnish.)
==Overview==
In the story "Mahtavat Ammoiset", Kalanpäinen was a Great Old One who ruled over the area of Finland, until he, alongside Iku-Turso and the other Old Ones, were sung into the swamps by Finnish sages and poets, who had learned these abilities from the Sámi people. Only myths--and some of the Deep Ones--remained in the country.
Around the 1930's, author Matts W. Cornelius, a correspondent of H. P. Lovecraft, wrote stories that compared Kalanpäinen with the Great Old One Dagon.
The Deep Ones, especially those who live in Lauttasaari, still seek to awaken Kalanpäinen and the Old Ones so they can reclaim the world.
Category:Great Old Ones
Category:Characters Originating From Expanded Mythos Works