 She lives in the woods located at the mountains of Pohjola; she is described as having ""hair-plait reached to her heels and whose breasts hung down to her knees"" similar to the Swedish Skogsnufva, Danish 'sea-woman', or the wildfraulein of the eifel.Ajatar is the granddaughter of Hiisi (the master of the woods and spreader of disease) and is the master of Lempo and Gnomes.Through her connections with Hiisi and Lempo, she is said to spread disease and pestilence.