# Ahto — The Kalevala character guide

> Ahto in The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** O Ahto

**First appearance:** 0042-rune-xxxix-wainamoinen-s-sailing

## Who they are

God of the sea and ruler of the waters.

## In the story

### [Rune XLI: Wainamoinen’s Harp-Songs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kalevala_se/chapters/rune-xli-wainamoinen-s-harp-songs)

King of all the waters, who raises his head from the billows in a boat of water-lilies to listen and declares he has never heard such music.

### [Rune XLII: Capture of the Sampo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kalevala_se/chapters/rune-xlii-capture-of-the-sampo)

King of the sea-waves; his people carry off the magic harp after it falls into the water.

### [Rune XLVIII: Capture of the Fire-Fish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kalevala_se/chapters/rune-xlviii-capture-of-the-fire-fish)

King of the waters called upon to drive fish into the net.

## Links

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