Editing Mielikki Metsalainen (section)

=== Naming ===

Mielikki's family follows a mix of Sharlayan doctrine and the traditions of her grandmother, Louhi's tribe. A great deal of these traditions left lasting marks on Mielikki's life, her name being a potent example. In Mielikki's household each mother draws from Myths and Legends to name their children, in her grandmother's tribe this was to name the children after the stars, but in pratice of the Metsalainen family usually draws from the existing knowledge of Mythology from written books on the subject. In turn, Mielikki was named after the Goddess of the Hunt and the Forests, inspired by her childlike wonder of plants and the woodlands that lied north of Old Sharlayan.