"Keepers of Old" by Anitta Hiekkanen

My first real attempt with watercolours. Don't be cruel.

These are 3 of the dozens of old Finnish nature spirits/goddesses. They are, from left to right:

Päivätär, daughter of the Sun and keeper of the sun's silver. She is the best friend of Kuutar.

Mielikki, wife of Tapio (king of the forest), keeper of the golden key and caretaker of injured animals. Her atributes are heather and juniper, so the weird colour-blobs are supposed to be those plants. The owl? Just an excuse to draw feathers on the sidebars :)

Kuutar, daughter of the Moon and keeper of the moon's gold. Story tells she spins the gold into yarn during the night, and if the yarn breaks, she starts to cry and the tears drop to the ground to form morning dew.

Explanation to a stupid joke:

Finnish goddesses always appear in human form, so why the ears? The first redback D&D translation was typoridden, but atleast they were consistent through out the book. The word Elf (finn. haltia) was always written Haltija (eng. keeper/beholder). That's why they are drawn as elves when they are just keepers.

Laughing yet? No? Well I said it was stupid...