The Iku Turso Is an evil sea monster from finnish mythology. He?s basically Finland?s
loch ness monster, only a lot more bad-ass. According to literature, the iku turso is
responsible for the spread of disease and he is essentially the god of death. The iku
Turso is just a legend, but what if he wasn?t? What if he really was lurking at the bottom
of the Baltic sea somewhere, and if he was disturbed, he would wreak havoc on the world?
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for more of life?s biggest answers. In the second world war, one of the submarines that
was used by Finland was named after the iku torso, There are many different descriptions
of the iku turso monster, all of them describing him differently. Some of the accounts describe
it as being a giant octopus with long tentacles and suckers. Other accounts say he has a thousand
heads. One thing?s for certain, he?s a very important figure in Finnish literature. His
habitat is the Baltic sea, and large lakes. And if you disturb him, he becomes very angry
and aggressive. Most of the accounts of him seem to suggest that he is the embodiment
of all evil. Alright, so first things first, if the iku turso was real, all the countries
surrounding its habitat, the Baltic sea would have quite a bit to worry about. Finland,
Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Sweden, Denmark and Poland and Germany all surround the Baltic
Sea. Viking history would be extremely different if the Iku Turso turned out to be real. Kattegat,
once a major Viking settlement, lies right at the mouth of the Baltic Sea. The Vikings
would travel from Kattegat to surrounding areas, raiding villages and towns. And it?s
not just the Vikings, there were many pagan tribes during the iron age that would engage
in maritime warfare and raiding. There was a lot of fighting among these tribes, and
most of them travelled around the Baltic sea using long boats. As it stands right now,
the iku turso?s character is somewhat static. Mentions of him vary in description. If the
iku turso was real, he would be thought of as a god, and we would see a lot more mentions
of him. There would be evidence of temples and art, poems, songs and stories. These pagans
were passionate about their religions, imagine how passionate they would be if one of their
gods, the iku turso, turned out to be real. Each tribe would have a high priest or priestess,
given the task of determining iku turso?s temperament. Maybe these high priest and priestesses
would decide ways to keep iku turso happy so that tribes could travel safely. Maybe
with sacrifices, with offerings or songs. Pagan fashion and manner of dress would resemble
how the iku turso looked, and trust me, it wouldn?t be cute. We?d see norsemen sporting
weird beards adorned with tentacles. Women wearing elaborate tentacle adorned gowns.
It could even be said that maybe many of these tribes wouldn?t have existed at all if the
iku turso turned out to be real. Seeing as their culture heavily revolves around the
sea and being able to travel around on the sea in boats, this would not make iku turso
very happy. He would likely become irritated by the wars and raids going on on the surface
of the sea, so he would rise up and smite entire tribes and settlements with diseases,
killing them off. Either that, or these cultures would not have evolved to be maritime cultures
at all. They would stay on land, to keep the iku turso at bay. Travel would be done on
foot, rather than by boat. It could mean that the entire history of the Vikings would be
different, or they would go around raiding areas of Europe that were far away from iku
turso. And lets think about what would happen in the 20th century if the iky turso turned
out to be real. The 20th century, with both its loud world wars, would have made him extremely
upset. He would rise up from the depths to plague all of Europe with a devastating disease,
wiping out nearly everyone. If the Iku Turso turned out to real, perhaps the world?s nations
would try to ban together to destroy it. Navys would flock to the Baltic sea in their submarines,
searching the depths for the iku turso. Who knows, maybe with modern weapons, they would
be able to destroy him, especially if he were real and not a supernatural being.