# Lowyatar — The Kalevala character guide

> Lowyatar in The Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Blind Lowyatar, the blind Lowyatar

**First appearance:** 0048-rune-xlv-birth-of-the-nine-diseases

## Who they are

Blind daughter of the air who gives birth to the nine diseases.

## In the story

### [Rune XLV: Birth of the Nine Diseases](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_kalevala_se/chapters/rune-xlv-birth-of-the-nine-diseases)

The blind daughter of Tuoni who gives birth to the nine diseases after being impregnated by the east wind.

## Links

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