[1] She lives in the woods located at the mountains of Pohjola;[2] she is described as having "hair-plait reached to her heels and whose breasts hung down to her knees" similar to the Swedish Skogsnufva, Danish 'seawoman', or the wildfraulein of the eifel.
[1] She is closely associated with serpents, and is often depicted in modern art as a dragon or half-humanoid and serpentine figure.
[6] The feminine suffix “-tar-” appears in several Finnish names, including a variation of Louhi (Louhetar, Loviatar, Louhiatar) and Syöjätär (syödä ‘to eat,’ with the feminine suffix of -tar, means ‘devourer, vampire’).
Aika and ajaa might be etymologically connected through the sense of time, like death, hunting oneself.
In some Finnish translations of The Bible the term ajatar is used to refer to certain demons or devils :