Tharapita (variations of the name include Taara, Tooru, and Tarapitha), also known as Jumal, is a prominent god in Estonian mythology, with a strong resemblance to the Finnish Ukko and the Germanic Thor. == Etymology == The Livonian toponym Thoreyda (also Thoreida and German Treiden) attested in the Chronicle of Livonia is interpreted as the 'garden of Taara – Thor' from Taara + *aida 'garden'.
Tharapita (variations of the name include Taara, Tooru, and Tarapitha), also known as Jumal, is a prominent god in Estonian mythology, with a strong resemblance to the Finnish Ukko and the Germanic Thor. == Etymology == The Livonian toponym Thoreyda (also Thoreida and German Treiden) attested in the Chronicle of Livonia is interpreted as the 'garden of Taara – Thor' from Taara + *aida 'garden'.
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