#lunta

Thanks!

I haven’t been asked this but I definitely got the answer. Funnily enough it’s kinda complicated and a bit of a long story of why I chose it and where it comes from and how I came across it.

So ever since I was young I always loved winter and the snow (hell I was born during a snowstorm) People would blame me whenever it snowed cause I would be the only one genuinely enjoying it. This reminded my dad of something he experienced when he was young and he shared it with me and my siblings once he was able to find it.

Back in like November of 1970, in Michigan (specifically the upper peninsula not the hand) they were having trouble getting snow and they needed it for the races. So a man named David Riutta decided to write a song to ask a Finnish snow god for help. (I believe he made the snow god up for this but I don’t really know) Either way this snow god’s name was Heikki Lunta (which translates to Hank Snow) So Mr Riutta makes the song and they blast it over the radio constantly. My dad remembers hearing it on the radio constantly that year. Then the snow hits, the song worked! But it worked so well that they had to cancel the races due to too much snow. Then the people blamed the song so Mr Ruitta made another song telling Heikki Lunta to leave. Since then it became a legend that if you play the song and shout where you want it to snow after it finishes, it should snow there within the next few days or so. According to my dad they tried it one year by shouting his uncle’s home and three days later his uncle calls and asks what they did cause there’s snow everywhere now. He gave me a look, knowing I’d try it. He knew I’d love the idea of it and he even made a comment once that maybe I have some of Hiekii’s abilities or something lol.

But I absolutely loved this story and honestly enjoy the song too. So my love for folklore and snow were bundled up into a neat little package. Bonus points for starting with the same letter as my actual name. Honestly like being called Lunta more. I officially chose it cause it felt right. Also if you read up on Heikki Lunta you might learn that he’s often depicted as a Goofy guy who likes to have fun, which I can definitely vibe with haha!

So in short Lunta comes from Heikki Lunta, which my dad got to experience, and as the snow queen of my family and friends, it just sort of slipped into place.

Bonus! Here’s the snow if you were curious about it

Lunta pidetään kylmänä ja kutsumattomana, mutta sen viileän, leppymättömän verhon alla on tavoitteet niin lämpimiä ja tulokset niin suloisia, että ne uhmaavat kuvausta.