Mateli Magdalena Kuivalatar (8 May 1771 – 29 December 1846) was a Finnish-Karelian folksinger, seer, and cunning woman.
Mateli Magdalena Kuivalatar was born 8 May 1771, and her family belonged to the peasantry class.
She married Pietari (Pekka) Antinpoika Ikonen in 1793 and had eleven children.
He was by then almost done with the Kanteletar, but after meeting her and realizing her knowledge of the subject, he revised his work and started all over again.
Her folk songs were rare, and often centered around a young woman's longing for love.