In Finnish and Karelian mythology a mythical bird carried the soul into life and took it at death. Some cultures even kept wooden soul birds by their bedside to protect the soul during sleep.
My sculpt takes that folklore and twists it into a corrupted fantasy version — a darker interpretation where the soul bird isn’t a protector anymore, but something far more unsettling.
Sculpted for a homebrew RPG campaign set in mythological Finland.




