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Tapio may refer to
- Tapio (name), a Finnish male given name, also a Finnish last name
- Tapio (spirit), a god or spirit in Eastern Finnish mythology
- Tapio Oy, Finnish organisation, that produces solutions for sustainable forest management
- Tapiola, one of the major urban centres within the city of Espoo, outside of Helsinki
- Tapiola, an unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan, United States
- Tapiola, a symphonic poem by Jean Sibelius that was one of his last compositions
- Tapio is a natural spirit-based drink produced in the UK by Tapio Ventures Ltd.
- Tapio is also a brand of Finnish hard liquor
- Tápió, the name of a stream in Hungary. See Hydrography of Hungary
- Tapio, the name of a frozen food brand name in India, owned by Universal Corporation Limited.
Tapio is an East Finnish forest spirit or god, who figures prominently in the Kalevala. Hunters prayed to him before a hunt. His wife is the goddess of the forest, Mielikki. He was the father of Annikki, Tellervo, Nyyrikki (the god of hunting), and Tuulikki. Fitting the Green Man archetype, Tapio has a beard of lichen and eyebrows of moss.
He lends his name, in the form of Tapiola, to:
a) one of the major urban centres within the city of Espoo outside Helsinki; and
b) an unincorporated community in the US state of Michigan.
He also appears in the Nightwish song, Elvenpath, as Tapio, bear king, ruler of the forest.
Jean Sibelius' tone poem Tapiola (1926) is a depiction of the forest Tapio inhabits.
Tapio is a male given name common in Finland. The nameday is 18 June. As of January 2013 there were almost 140,000 people with this name in Finland. The name might have originated from the name of the Finnish god of forests, animals, and hunting. A common nickname for Tapio is Tapsa. It is listed by the Finnish Population Register Centre as one of the top 10 most popular male given names ever.