Editing Peko (section)

==Legend==
In Finland, Peko is known as ''Pellon Pekko'' (Pekko of the field). First mentioned by bishop [[Mikael Agricola|Agricola]] in 1551 as the one who granted the growth of barley, [[Christfried Ganander]] called him the god of barley. He gave good [[wort]] called ''pellon maito'' ("milk of the field"), and drinking it was called tasting or drinking Pellon Pekko. [[Martti Haavio]] connected Pellon Pekko to [[Saint Peter]]. According to [[Uno Harva]], Finnish-Estonian Pekko is the [[haltija]] of barley and drinks made of it. He also considered Pekko to have originally been the personification of barley. [[Anna-Leena Siikala]] supported Harva's view over Haavio's.<ref>{{cite book |last=Siikala |first=Anna-Leena |date=2012 |title=Itämerensuomalaisten mytologia |url= |location=Helsinki |publisher=Finnish Literature Society |pages=404–405 |isbn=978-952-222-393-7 |access-date=}}</ref> Additionally, as beer in [[runic song]]s is often described as something which makes people festive and sing, Harva called Pekko the "ancient Finnish [[Bacchus]]" and called him the god of song and poetry as well.<ref>{{cite book |last=Harva |first=Uno |date=1948 |title=Suomalaisten muinaisusko |url= |location=Helsinki |publisher=WSOY (original), Finnish Literature Society |page=208 |isbn=978-952-222-934-2 |access-date=}}</ref>

Peko is sometimes associated with Estonian [[Pikne]] (Pitkne), Baltic [[Perkūnas]] or even Christian [[Saint Peter]]. {{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}