What does Para hold?

[u2371]

What does it hold ? I try to figure it out but have no idea

[Sorvina]

As I mentioned in another thread for me it looks like a butter churn.

A butter churn is a device used to convert cream into butter. This is done through a mechanical process, frequently via a pole inserted through the lid of the churn, or via a crank used to turn a rotating device inside the churn.

However, I can’t figure out why a rat would use a butter churn.

[Radar1]

@Sorvina

However, I can’t figure out why a rat would use a butter churn.

Maybe she likes homemade butter

[u2371]

@Sorvina

A butter churn is a device used to convert cream into butter.

Thank you

@Sorvina

However, I can’t figure out why a rat would use a butter churn.

I think it like to eat butter .

[sleepyhead]

I thought that as well!

I’ve tried googling for Finnish mythology: rat, rat familiar, rat with butter churn, but have not found anything

[u2371]

@sleepyhead

I’ve tried googling for Finnish mythology: rat, rat familiar, rat with butter churn, but have not found anything

Me too. I try google, “Kalevala rat” and “Kalevala bat” and have not found anything as well

[Sorvina]

Haha, me too! I was searching for a Kalavela god or familiar that has something to do with household (Household familiar), but couldn’t find anything.

[Gorann]

It could just be stealing the cream.

[sleepyhead]

this is the closest thing I could find:

Cats in Finnish mythology and folklore

Finland in the past was very much an agricultural society. Cats were seen as very important animals because they killed rats and rodents. Many families kept the so-called lyylieläin which means a domesticated wild animal that lived on the farm but not in the same sense as we have pets nowadays in our homes. People fed these animals and took care of them. It was believed that they brought good luck for the farm and the family. Lyylieläin could be for example a cat or a snake or even a wild deer.

In Finnish pagan practice and mythology idea of a cat being the most popular witch’s animal is a concept that has arrived from other western countries. Finnish pagan tradition was originally shamanistic and most animals connected to shamans were birds. However among several Finnish pagans nowadays you can find many people with cats as their familiar.

except it only mentions cats killing rats, so…

of course, Para is a rat with wings and a dragon-type tail and horns, so Para isn’t exactly a rat…

here also is the definition of a familiar.

Familiar | Supernatural, Witchcraft & Magic

[Kenzo]

Omg thank you haha, I thought it was a dynamite or something

[Laylomay]

One more on Para from Finnish folklore

para | Finnish folklore

[Sorvina]

And this makes sense now:

What the para brought to one farm disappeared from another, whether it was grain, milk, or butter.

The para could appear in the form of animals that were seen frequently around the farmstead, such as a snake, dog, or rabbit. - but a rat or mouse fits here too.

Thanks @Laylomay

[Kenzo]

Maybe it’s like that film Ratatouille where the rat is a chef?

[Ian487]

Might be an earlyer version of this high tech device

Also a reference to the late developement of the game…

[NicoX]

@Sorvina

However, I can’t figure out why a rat would use a butter churn.

And why does she look so nefarious while doing it? Gurl, if you’re gonna have this evil look on your face while making something that’s supposed to be harmless like butter, I am not eating that butter.

[sleepyhead]

Nice find, and now I feel kinda dumb for not just searching Para’s name

[Dragongirl13]

@NicoX Butter was an important commodity.
No one drank milk, they used it to make butter and cheese.
Cheese especially was very important to poor households who couldn’t afford a lot of meat.
Butter churn gone?
No cheese or butter means a financial disaster for the farmer and dairy.

[NicoX]

I understand that, but I mean look at this:

First, it’s a bat/rat hybrid. It’s already a lot to take in, but fine, I can live with it.

Then look at these eyes that scream “My only goal in life is to murder you in gruesome fashion.” Now tell me if you’re 100% sure that this butter isn’t poisoned. Or that it’s actually butter.

I’m not taking any chance, I’m looking for a friendlier butter churning batrat.

[Dragongirl13]

[NicoX]

It isn’t what I had in mind.

Once again, you’re way too trusting. Batrat girl isn’t concocting some kind of watered-down version of butter. Most likely it’s pure Anthrax, polonium or botulinum.