Vilisuu (Vilisuu)

Lit. Whistle-mouth. Differing explanations: 1) Rarely-used bogey-man type threat for children: Ära mine õue, vilisuu tuleb! (Don’t go out, Vilisuu will get you!). Folklore character related to other Estonian wind spirits, such as Marumemm (storm-crone), Tuuleisa (wind-dad) or Tuuleema (wind-mother), and perhaps also to Tuuslar; or, for some, 2) synonym of Külmataat, taat meaning old man or greybeard, etc., a sort of Slavic-culture Santa Claus known by the name Дед [Дедушка] Мороз (Ded [Dedushka] Moroz), or ‘Old Man Frost’ (but see Pakase). Renamed (1979-1995) as Tehumardi during the Soviet occupation. Part of a magico-mythological group. See Virbi.