| Names: | Hiitola   Mehtola     Meijola Metiälä Metsola  Mettola   Mettälä  Siniölä Tapiala Tapiola Tappola Tietola Tipola |
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| Ruler: | Mielikki (and later also male Tapio I guess...) |
First, let's establish that at some point, Tapiola got mixed with Pohjola, which is why in some instances, Tapiola appears as a synonym for Pohjola and vice versa. Väinämöinen, who is from Väinölä, is also called "of Tapiola" in one runosong.
Tapiola and Mehtola refer to the forest, the realm of the deities, spirits and animals of the forest. In most cases when these names are mentioned, it's when a bee is asked to bring healing "honey from Mehtola, mead from Tapiola". Hence, especially honey from forests was especially valued and precious. Mielikki is also called the "precise woman of Tapiola" Tapiolan tarkka vaimo.
| Tapiola, variants | From tapio "forest", but the origin of this word is unknown, as well as if it originally had a different meaning. |
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| Mehtola, variants | From metsä "forest". |
| Siniölä | From sininen "blue", as forest is often described as blue in runosongs. |
| -la, -lä | Denotes a place. |