as "örkki". In modern Finnish, hiisi and its derivatives hitto and hittolainen are mild profanities. In the video game Noita a faction of hostile NPCs are referred to as The Hiisi In the Swedish fantasy drama Border (2018), the troll character Vore lays an unfertilized egg that he calls a "hiisit". He says it is a changeling. See also Lempo, devil type figure in Finnish folklore and myth Piru, evil spirit in Finnish folklore Hiis (Estonian) still carries the primary meaning of a sacred grove. Sampo Lappelill defies Hiisi the Mountain King Notes Citations and references Sources cited , e-text via www.gutenberg.org , e-text via www.gutenberg.org Further reading Finnish mythology Finnish folklore Finnish legendary creatures Characters in the Kalevala Landmarks in Finland