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by duskwuff 312 days ago
What's especially funny about the names in Noita is that a lot of them are Finnish colloquialisms or jokes, e.g.

  - Hämis (little spider) is "spidey", like a childish nickname
  - Ukko (lightning mage) is "old man"
  - Stendari (fire mage) is "cigarette lighter" (slang)
  - Stevari (holy temple guardian) is "mall cop" (slang)
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Ukko is also the god of thunder in Finnish mytology

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukko

Oh, ha. Totally missed that reference - ignore me :)
> - Stendari (fire mage) is "cigarette lighter" (slang)

From Swedish "tändare".

- Stevari (holy temple guardian) is "mall cop" (slang)

From STV (Suomen Teollisuuden Vartiointi) security firm.