Kalevala — Chronicle
Ordered by chapter. No event in this book could be dated from the text, so it is not dated — no anchor, no chronology; a date is never inferred. Time expressions are copied from the text as written. Every event links back to one sentence of the original.
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428 events · no event could be dated from the text
Undated
Runo I · Birth of Väinämöinen · Part 1
Only born was Väinämöinen, And revealed the bard immortal, Sprung from the divine Creatrix, Born of Ilmatar, his mother.
Runo I · Birth of Väinämöinen · Part 1
Till the wind that blew around her, And the sea woke life within her.
Runo I · Birth of Väinämöinen · Part 2
Then the Mother of the Waters, Water-Mother, maid aerial, From the waves her knee uplifted, Raised her shoulder from the billows, That the teal her nest might 'stablish, And might find a peaceful dwelling.
Runo I · Birth of Väinämöinen · Part 2
Then she jerked her knee with quickness, And her limbs convulsive shaking, Rolled the eggs into the water, Down amid the waves of ocean, And to splinters they were broken, And to fragments they were shattered.
Runo I · Birth of Väinämöinen · Part 2 · When the ninth year had passed over, And the summer tenth was passing,
When the ninth year had passed over, And the summer tenth was passing, From the sea her head she lifted, And her forehead she uplifted, And she then began Creation, And she brought the world to order, On the open ocean's surface, On the far extending waters.
Runo I · Birth of Väinämöinen · Part 2 · For the space of thirty summers, And the sum of thirty winters,
Thereupon he moved the portal, With his finger, fourth in number, Opened quick the bony gateway, With the toes upon his left foot, With his nails beyond the threshold, With his knees beyond the gateway. Headlong in the water falling, With his hands the waves repelling, Thus the man remained in ocean, And the hero on the billows.
Runo I · Birth of Väinämöinen · Part 2 · In the sea five years he sojourned, Waited five years, waited six years, Seven years also, even eight years,
On the land his knees he planted, And upon his arms he rested, Rose that he might view the moonbeams, And enjoy the pleasant sunlight, See the Great Bear's stars above him, And the shining stars in heaven.
Runo I · Birth of Väinämöinen · Part 2
Thus was ancient Väinämöinen, He, the ever famous minstrel, Born of the divine Creatrix, Born of Ilmatar, his mother.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 1
There he dwelt, while years passed over, And his dwelling he established On the silent, voiceless island, In a barren, treeless country.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 1
Sampsa Pellervoinen Sampsa Pellervoinen
Pellervoinen, earth-begotten, Sampsa, youth of smallest stature, Came to sow the barren country, Thickly scattering seeds around him.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 1
Väinämöinen, old and steadfast, Came to view the work in progress, Where the land was sown by Sampsa, And where Pellervoinen laboured. While he saw the trees had flourished, And the saplings sprouted bravely, Yet had Jumala's tree, the oak-tree, Not struck down its root and sprouted.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 1
four lovely maidens
Then he saw four lovely maidens; Five, like brides, from water rising; And they mowed the grassy meadow, Down they cut the dewy herbage, On the cloud-encompassed headland, On the peaceful island's summit, What they mowed, they raked together, And in heaps the hay collected.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 1
Tursas
From the ocean rose up Tursas, From the waves arose the hero, And the heaps of hay he kindled, And the flames arose in fury. All was soon consumed to ashes, Till the sparks were quite extinguished.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 1
Then among the heaps of ashes, In the dryness of the ashes, There a tender germ he planted, Tender germ, of oak an acorn Whence the beauteous plant sprang upward, And the sapling grew and flourished, As from earth a strawberry rises, And it forked in both directions.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 1
In their course the clouds it hindered, And the driving clouds impeded, And it hid the shining sunlight, And the gleaming of the moonlight.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 1
Noble mother, who hast borne me, Luonnotar, who me hast nurtured; Send me powers from out the ocean: (Numerous are the powers of ocean) So that they may fell the oak-tree, And destroy the tree so baneful, That the sun may shine upon us. And the pleasant moonlight glimmer.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 1
hero from ocean
Then a man arose from ocean, From the waves a hero started, Not the hugest of the hugest, Nor the smallest of the smallest. As a man's thumb was his stature; Lofty as the span of woman.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 1
hero from ocean
Scarcely had the words been spoken, While his gaze was fixed upon him, When the man transformed before him, And became a mighty hero. While his feet the earth were stamping, To the clouds his head he lifted, To his knees his beard was flowing, To his spurs his locks descended.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 1
hero from ocean
With his axe he smote the oak-tree, With his sharpened blade he hewed it; Once he smote it, twice he smote it, And the third stroke wholly cleft it.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 1
hero from ocean
Thus the third blow was delivered, And the oak-tree fell before him, For the mighty tree was shattered, And the hundred boughs had fallen, And the trunk extended eastward, And the summit to the north-west, And the leaves were scattered southwards, And the branches to the northward.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 2
Väinämöinen, old and steadfast, Ground his axe-blade edge to sharpness And began to fell the forest, Toiling hard to clear the country. All the lovely trees he levelled, Sparing but a single birch-tree, That the birds might rest upon it, And from thence might call the cuckoo.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 2
Ukko, then, of Gods the highest, Father of the highest heaven, Heard, and all the clouds assembled. In the light made clear his counsel, And he sent a cloud from eastward. In the north-west let one gather, Others, too, he sent from westward, Let them drive along from southward, Linked them edge to edge together, And he closed the rifts between them. Then he sent the rain from heaven, And the clouds distilled sweet honey, That the corn might sprout up stronger, And the stalks might wave and rustle. Thus the sprouting germ was nourished, And the rustling stalks grew upward, From the soft earth of the cornfield. Through the toil of Väinämöinen.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 2
Then he went to sow the country, And to scatter seeds around him, And he spoke the words which follow; "Now I stoop the seeds to scatter, As from the Creator's fingers, From the hand of Him Almighty, That the country may be fertile, And the corn may grow and flourish.
Runo II · Väinämöinen's Sowing · Part 2 · When the week was full completed
There he found the barley growing, And the ears were all six-cornered, And the stalks were all three-knotted.
Runo III · Väinämöinen and Joukahainen · Part 1 · 📍 [[Väinölä]]
Came the youthful Joukahainen Driving on the road against him, And the shafts were wedged together, And the reins were all entangled, And the collar jammed with collar, And the runners dashed together.
Runo III · Väinämöinen and Joukahainen · Part 2
"If I fail in understanding, I will seek it at the sword-point. O thou aged Väinämöinen, O thou very broad-mouthed minstrel, Let us measure swords together, Let the blade decide between us."
Runo III · Väinämöinen and Joukahainen · Part 2
As he sang, sank Joukahainen Waist-deep in the swamp beneath him, Hip-deep in the marshy meadow, To his arm-pits in a quicksand. Then indeed young Joukahainen Knew at last, and comprehended; And he knew his course was finished, And his journey now was ended. For in singing he was beaten, By the aged Väinämöinen.
Runo III · Väinämöinen and Joukahainen · Part 3
You shall have my sister Aino, I will give my mother's daughter.
Runo III · Väinämöinen and Joukahainen · Part 3
Sang an hour, and sang a second, And again he sang a third time: Thus reversed his words of magic, And dissolved the spell completely.
Runo III · Väinämöinen and Joukahainen · Part 3
Homeward to his dearest mother, Unto her, the aged woman.
Runo III · Väinämöinen and Joukahainen · Part 3
I have pledged to Väinämöinen, As the consort of the minstrel, To support his feeble footsteps, And to wait upon him always.
Runo III · Väinämöinen and Joukahainen · Part 3
And have hoped this high-born hero Might akin to us be reckoned, And the minstrel Väinämöinen Might become my daughter's husband.
Runo III · Väinämöinen and Joukahainen · Part 3
But when Joukahainen's sister Heard, she wept in deepest sorrow, Wept one day, and wept a second, At the threshold ever weeping, Wept in overwhelming sorrow, In the sadness of her spirit.
Runo IV · The Fate of Aino · Part 1
"Maiden, do not wear for others, But for me alone, O maiden, Round thy neck a beaded necklace, And a cross upon thy bosom. Plait for me thy beauteous tresses, Bind thy hair with silken ribands." But the young maid gave him answer, "Not for thee, and not for others, Rests the cross upon my bosom, And my hair is bound with ribands.
Runo IV · The Fate of Aino · Part 1 · In the days when I was youthful
Then her gold did Kuutar give me. And her silver gave Paivatar. With the gold I decked my temples, And adorned my head with silver, Homeward like a flower I hastened, Joyful, to my father's dwelling.
Runo IV · The Fate of Aino · Part 2
Thus the mother urged her counsel, Thus she spoke unto her daughter, But the daughter did not heed her, Heeded not her mother's counsel.
Runo IV · The Fate of Aino · Part 2
That yourself have pledged me, hapless. And your daughter you have promised Thus to be an old man's comfort,
Runo IV · The Fate of Aino · Part 2 · On the third day
In the waves it sank beneath her, Sinking to the very bottom. With the rock, the maiden Aino Sank beneath the water's surface.
Runo IV · The Fate of Aino · Part 3
Thus the youthful maiden perished, And the dove so lovely vanished.
Runo IV · The Fate of Aino · Part 3
the hare Aino's mother
Thereupon the hare responded, And the Round-eye answered boldly, "Would that Lempo might come hither For the cooking in the kettle! I am come to give you tidings, And to bring a message to you. Vanished from you is the fair one, Perished has the tin-adorned one. Sunken with her silver buckle, Drowning with her belt of copper, Diving in the muddy water, To the depths below the billows, There to be the powan's sister, And companion of the fishes."
Runo IV · The Fate of Aino · Part 3
As they flowed, the ground they moistened. And they swelled to streams of water. On the ground the streams were flowing, And became the source of rivers; Thence arose three mighty rivers From the tears of bitter weeping, Which were ever ceaseless flowing From the weeping mother's eyelids.
Runo V · Väinämöinen's Fishing · Part 1
How the youthful maid had perished, And the fair one had departed.
Runo V · Väinämöinen's Fishing · Part 1
Väinämöinen, old and steadfast, Deeply sorrowed at the tidings; Wept at evening, wept at morning, Spent the livelong night in weeping,
Runo V · Väinämöinen's Fishing · Part 1
And he spoke the words which follow: "Tell me, Untamo, thou sleeper, Tell me all thy dreams, O idler, Where to find the realm of Ahto, Where dwell Vellamo's fair maidens?"
Runo V · Väinämöinen's Fishing · Part 1
And at length one day it happened, Very early in the morning, On his hook a fish was hanging, And a salmon-trout was captured.
Runo V · Väinämöinen's Fishing · Part 1
As he would have slit the salmon. And would cut the fish to pieces, Sprang the salmon in the water, For the beauteous fish jumped sideways
Runo V · Väinämöinen's Fishing · Part 1
"Therefore 'tis that I have sought thee, In thine arm like dove to nestle, By thy side to sit for ever, On thy knee, as consort sitting,
Runo V · Väinämöinen's Fishing · Part 2
But a young and lovely maiden, Youthful Joukahainen's sister, Whom thou all thy life hast longed for, Whom thou hast so long desired.
Runo V · Väinämöinen's Fishing · Part 2
But she never more came near him, Ne'er again throughout his lifetime; For she turned away, and, diving, Vanished from the water's surface Down among the rocks so varied, In a liver-coloured crevice.
Runo V · Väinämöinen's Fishing · Part 2
In her grave his mother wakened, Answered from beneath the billows: "Still thy mother lives and hears thee, And thy aged mother wakens, That she plainly may advise thee. How to best support thy trouble.
Runo VI · Joukahainen's Crossbow
Väinämöinen, old and steadfast, Now resolved upon a journey To the cold and dreary regions Of the gloomy land of Pohja.
Runo VI · Joukahainen's Crossbow
After this, the points he sharpened. And the arrow-points he poisoned. In the black blood of the serpent, In the blood of hissing adders. Thus he made his arrows ready, And his bow was fit for bending,
Runo VI · Joukahainen's Crossbow
And he watched for Väinämöinen, Waited for Suvantolainen, Watched at morning, watched at evenings Waited also through the noontide.
Runo VI · Joukahainen's Crossbow
Gladness from the world will vanish, And from earth will song be banished. In the world is gladness better. And on earth is song more cheerful, Than to Manala if banished. And to Tuonela's darkest regions.
Runo VI · Joukahainen's Crossbow
Then he shot again, a third time, And the third shaft, straighter flying, In the blue elk's spleen was buried, Under aged Väinämöinen, Thus he shot the straw-hued courser, Like a pea-stalk in his colour; Through the flesh beneath his shoulder, In the left side deep he pierced him.
Runo VI · Joukahainen's Crossbow
Then a mighty wind arising Raised upon the sea a billow, And it bore old Väinämöinen, Swimming from the mainland further, O'er the wide expanse of water, Out into the open ocean.
Runo VII · Väinämöinen and Louhi · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Then the bird of air, the eagle, Raised the aged Väinämöinen, Through the path of wind he bore him, And along the east-wind's pathway, To the utmost bounds of Pohja, Onwards to the misty Sariola, There abandoned Väinämöinen, Soared into the air, and left him.
Runo VII · Väinämöinen and Louhi · Part 1 · for two, and three nights
Thus he wept for two, and three nights, For as many days stood weeping, For the country round he knew not, And no path could he discover, Which perchance might lead him homeward, Back to a familiar country, To his own, his native country, Where he passed his days aforetime.
Runo VII · Väinämöinen and Louhi · Part 1
Three planks high, the boat was builded, Which she pushed into the water, And herself began to row it, And she rowed, and hastened onward To the spot where Väinämöinen, Where the hero was lamenting.
Runo VII · Väinämöinen and Louhi · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
And into her boat she took him, Bade him at the stern be seated, And herself resumed the oars, And she then began to row him Unto Pohjola, o'er water, And she brought him to her dwelling. Then she fed the famished stranger, And she dried his dripping garments, Then she rubbed his limbs all stiffened, And she warmed him and shampooed him, Till she had restored his vigour, And the hero had recovered.
Runo VII · Väinämöinen and Louhi · Part 2
What are you prepared to give me, If I send you to your country, To the borders of your cornfields, Or the bath-house of your dwelling?
Runo VII · Väinämöinen and Louhi · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Then the aged Väinämöinen Whipped the horse, and urged him onward, And the white-maned courser hastened Noisily upon the journey, Forth from Pohjola's dark regions, Sariola for ever misty.
Runo VIII · Väinämöinen's Wound · Part 1
But the maid gave crafty answer, And she spoke the words which follow: "No, I will not yet go with you, If a boat you cannot carve me, From the splinters of my spindle, From the fragments of my shuttle, And shall launch the boat in water, Push it out upon the billows, But no knee shall press against it, And no hand must even touch it; And no arm shall urge it onward, Neither shall a shoulder guide it."
Runo VIII · Väinämöinen's Wound · Part 2 · upon the third day
But at length, upon the third day, Hiisi turned aside the axe-shaft, Lempo turned the edge against him, And an evil stroke delivered. On the rocks the axe-blade glinted, On the hill the blade rang loudly, From the rock the axe rebounded, In the flesh the steel was buried, In the victim's knee 'twas buried, In the toes of Väinämöinen, In the flesh did Lempo drive it, To the veins did Hiisi guide it, From the wound the blood flowed freely, Bursting forth in streaming torrents.
Runo IX · The Origin of Iron · Part 1
There they brought a silver beaker, And a golden goblet likewise, But they proved by far too little, Holding but the smallest measure Of the blood of aged Väinö, From the hero's foot that spouted.
Runo IX · The Origin of Iron · Part 1
Ukko Three Daughters of Creation
Ukko, God of realms supernal, Rubbed his mighty hands together. Both his hands he rubbed together, On his left knee then he pressed them, And three maidens were created, Three fair Daughters of Creation, Mothers of the rust of Iron, And of blue-mouthed steel the fosterers.
Runo IX · The Origin of Iron · Part 1
Three Daughters of Creation
Where the black milk had been dropping, There was found the softest Iron, Where the white milk had been flowing, There the hardest steel was fashioned, Where the red milk had been trickling, There was undeveloped Iron.
Runo IX · The Origin of Iron · Part 1 · at night-time
Then was born smith Ilmarinen, Thus was born, and thus was nurtured, Born upon a hill of charcoal, Reared upon a plain of charcoal, In his hands a copper hammer, And his little pincers likewise.
Runo IX · The Origin of Iron · Part 1 · at day
Ilmari was born at night-time, And at day he built his smithy, Sought a place to build his smithy, Where he could construct his bellows, In the swamp he found a land-ridge, And a small place in the marshes, So he went to gaze upon it, And examined the surroundings, And erected there his bellows, And his anvil there constructed.
Runo IX · The Origin of Iron · Part 1
Then he hastened to the wolf-tracks, And the bear-tracks also followed, And the ore of iron he saw there, And the lumps of steel he found there, In the wolves' enormous footprints; Where the bears' paws left their imprints.
Runo IX · The Origin of Iron · Part 1
Therefore when the day was ended, Was the Iron from out the marshes, Delved from all the swampy places, Carried homeward to the smithy.
Runo IX · The Origin of Iron · Part 1
Then he cast it in the furnace, And he laid it on the anvil, Blew a blast, and then a second, And he blew again a third time, Till the Iron was fully softened, And the ore completely melted, Like to wheaten dough in softness, Soft as dough for ryebread kneaded, In the furnace of the smithy, By the bright flame's softening power.
Runo IX · The Origin of Iron · Part 2 · 📍 [[smithy]]
"Then the smith, e'en Ilmarinen, He, the great primeval craftsman, From the fire removed the Iron; Laid it down upon the anvil, Welded it till it was wearied, Shaped it into pointed weapons, Into spears, and into axes, Into tools of all descriptions.
Runo IX · The Origin of Iron · Part 2
"Then the smith, e'en Ilmarinen, He, the greatest of the craftsmen, Was deluded, and imagined That the bee returned already, And had brought the honey needed, Brought the honey that he wanted, And he spoke the words which follow: 'Here at last is what will please me, For the blue steel's smelting mixture, And the tempering of the Iron,'
Runo IX · The Origin of Iron · Part 3
This he smeared on Väinämöinen, And with this he healed the sufferer; Stroked him downward, stroked him upward, Rubbed him also on the middle,
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
For the great smith Ilmarinen, He the great primeval craftsman, He had promised as his surety, That his own head he might rescue Out of Pohjola's dark regions, Sariola for ever misty.
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Then the aged Väinämöinen, Lifted up his voice in singing. As he sang uprose a tempest, And the wind rose wildly furious, And he spoke the words which follow. And expressed himself in thiswise: "In thy boat, O wind, convey him, In thy skiff, O breeze, convey him, Bear him to the distant regions Of the gloomy land of Pohja."
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Then there rose a mighty tempest, And the wind so wildly furious Carried off smith Ilmarinen, Hurried him to distant regions, To the gloomy land of Pohja, Sariola for ever misty.
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Then did Pohjola's old Mistress, Lead the smith named Ilmarinen, Into Pohjola's great castle. Rooms of Sariola the gloomy. There she set a meal before him, Gave the hero drink in plenty, And she feasted him profusely, And at length she spoke as follows: "O thou smith, O Ilmarinen, Thou the great primeval craftsman, If you can but forge a Sampo, With its many-coloured cover, From the tips of swans' white wing-plumes, From the milk of barren heifer, From a little grain of barley, From the wool of sheep of summer, Will you then accept this maiden, As reward, my charming daughter?"
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohja]] · upon the third day
For his forge he sought a station, And a wide place for the bellows, In the country round about him, In the outer fields of Pohja. So he sought one day, a second, And at length upon the third day Found a stone all streaked with colours, And a mighty rock beside it. Here the smith his search abandoned, And the smith prepared his furnace, On the first day fixed the bellows, And the forge upon the second.
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 2 · On the first day of their labour
On the first day of their labour He himself, smith Ilmarinen, Stooped him down, intently gazing, To the bottom of the furnace, If perchance amid the fire Something brilliant had developed. From the flames there rose a crossbow, Golden bow from out the furnace; 'Twas a gold bow tipped with silver, And the shaft shone bright with copper.
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 3
Therefore did smith Ilmarinen Take no slightest pleasure in it, And he smashed the boat to splinters, Cast it back into the furnace;
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 3 · upon the third day
Therefore did smith Ilmarinen Take no slightest pleasure in her, And he cut the cow to fragments, Cast her back into the furnace,
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 3 · upon the fourth day
Therefore did smith Ilmarinen Take no slightest pleasure in it. And he broke the plough to pieces, Cast it back into the furnace,
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 3 · On the evening of the third day
Thereupon smith Ilmarinen, He the great primeval craftsman, Welded it and hammered at it, Heaped his rapid blows upon it, Forged with cunning art the Sampo, And on one side was a corn-mill, On another side a salt-mill, And upon the third a coin-mill.
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 3 · 📍 [[the rocky hills of Pohja]]
Now rejoiced the Crone of Pohja, And conveyed the bulky Sampo, To the rocky hills of Pohja, And within the Mount of Copper, And behind nine locks secured it.
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 3
Afterwards smith Ilmarinen, Asked the maiden as his guerdon, And he spoke the words which follow: "Will you give me now the maiden, For the Sampo is completed, With its beauteous pictured cover?"
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 3
Not as yet can I abandon My delightful life as maiden, And my innocent employments In the glowing heat of summer.
Runo X · The Forging of the Sampo · Part 3 · upon the third day
Thus it was smith Ilmarinen He the great primeval craftsman, Travelled homeward to his country, O'er the blue sea's watery surface. Thus he voyaged one day, a second, And at length upon the third day, Reached the smith his home in safety, In the land where he was nurtured.
Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 1
Ahti, dweller in the island, He the scapegrace son of Lempi,
Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 1
Lemminkainen Lemminkainen's mother
In a noble house was nurtured, By his dear and much-loved mother
Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 1 · 📍 [[Saari]]
Then the lively Lemminkainen, He the handsome Kaukomieli, Now resolved to make a journey And to woo the Flower of Saari,
Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 1
Lemminkainen's mother Lemminkainen
But his mother would dissuade him, And the aged woman warned him: "Do not seek, my son, my darling, Thus to wed above your station.
Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 1 · 📍 [[Saari]]
Chose the best among his stallions. And the steed he quickly harnessed, And he drove away with clatter, To the village famed of Saari,
Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 1 · 📍 [[Saari]]
Little troubled Lemminkainen, But engaged himself as herd-boy, Passed his days among the meadows,
Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 1 · 📍 [[Saari]]
There was not a single daughter, Not a maid, however modest, But he did not soon embrace her, And remain awhile beside her.
Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 1 · 📍 [[Saari]]
Kyllikki the lovely maiden Answered him in words that follow: "Wherefore wander here, O weakling.
Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 1 · 📍 [[Saari]] · Scarce had half a month passed over
Kyllikki he seized and lifted, Then into the sledge he pushed her, And upon the bearskin sat her,
Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 2
"O ye maidens, may ye never In your lives betray the secret, Speak of how I drove among you. And have carried off the maiden.
Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 2
Then they took the oaths between them, And with oaths eternal bound them, There in Jumala's high presence, In the sight of the Almighty, Ahti should not go to battle, Nor should Kylli seek the village.
Runo XI · Lemminkainen and Kyllikki · Part 2
Lemminkainen Kyllikki Lemminkainen's mother
Thus the lively Lemminkainen Reached again his home in safety, Finding there his dearest mother, She, his old and much-loved mother.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 1 · awhile
Live awhile a life of quiet With the young bride he had chosen,
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 1 · one day
Forth went Ahti Lemminkainen To the place where spawn the fishes, And he came not home at evening, And at nightfall he returned not.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 1 · 📍 [[the village]] · at nightfall
Kyllikki then sought the village, There to dance with sportive maidens.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 1
Ainikki 'twas, Ahti's sister, She it was who brought the tidings, She it was conveyed the message. "Ahti, O my dearest brother, Kyllikki has sought the village, Entered there the doors of strangers, Where the village girls are sporting, Dancing with unbraided tresses."
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 1
Grew both sorrowful and angry, And for long was wild with fury, And he spoke the words which follow: "O my mother, aged woman, Wash my shirt, and wash it quickly In the black snake's deadly venom, Dry it then, and dry it quickly That I may go forth to battle, And contend with youths of Pohja, And o'erthrow the youths of Lapland.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 1
"Ahti, O my dearest husband, Do not now depart to battle! I beheld while I was sleeping, While my slumber was the deepest, From the hearth the flames were flashing,
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 1
Bring me here my war-shirt quickly, Bring me, too, my mail for battle, For my inclination leads me Hence to drink the beer of battle, And to taste the mead of combat.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 1
Lemminkainen's mother Lemminkainen
"O my son, my dearest Ahti, Do thou not go forth to battle! In the house is beer in plenty, In the barrels made of alder.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 1 · Only yesterday
Lemminkainen's mother Lemminkainen
Ploughed the slave a field of vipers, Full of twining, twisting serpents, And a chest-lid raised the ploughshare, And the chest was full of money. Coins by hundreds there were hidden, Thousands there were squeezed together, To our stores the chest was carried, In the loft we stored it safely.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
I will win me marks in battle, Treasures won by far are better, Than the gold in all our storerooms, Or the silver found in ploughing. Bring me here my war-shirt quickly, Bring me, too, my mail for battle, I will go to war in Pohja, To destroy the sons of Lapland.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 1
Kyllikki has sought the village. Let her go to all the dances, Let her sleep in all the houses, Where the village girls are sporting, Dancing with unbraided tresses.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Then went lively Lemminkainen, To the gloomy land of Pohja, 'Spite the warnings of his mother, 'Gainst the aged woman's counsel.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 3
In the cloud a dwarf was standing, And he quickly loosed the chest-bands, And the shafts he then let downward.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 3 · When a boy both small and slender
Lemminkainen's mother Lemminkainen
But it was my mother washed me, When a boy both small and slender, Three times in the nights of summer. Nine times in the nights of autumn, And she taught me all the pathways, And the knowledge of all countries, And at home sang songs of magic, Likewise too in foreign countries.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 3
Then he sang the men thereafter Both to one side and the other, To the plains, all bare and treeless. To the lands, unploughed for ever, To the ponds, devoid of fishes, Where no perch has ever wandered, To the dreadful falls of Rutja, And amid the roaring whirlpools, Underneath the foaming river, To the rocks beneath the cataract, There to burn as if 'mid fire, And to scatter sparks around them.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 3
Sang the very best of singers To the worst of all the singers, And he fed their mouths with pebbles. And he piled up rocks above them. On the best of all the singers, And most skilful of magicians.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 3
Then the lively Lemminkainen Sang his songs against the swordsmen. Sang the heroes with their weapons, Sang the young men, sang the old men, And the men of age between them, And his songs spared one man only, And he was a wicked cowherd. Old, with eyes both closed and sightless.
Runo XII · Lemminkainen's First Expedition to Pohjola · Part 3 · 📍 [[Tuonela]]
Through the open door went quickly, Through the yard to open country, Ran to Tuonela's deep river, To the dreadful river's whirlpool, Waited there for Kaukomieli, Waited there for Lemminkainen, Till on his return from Pohja, He should make his journey homeward.
Runo XIII · Hiisi's Elk · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Then said Pohjola's old Mistress, "Never will I give my daughter To a vain and worthless fellow, To a hero good for nothing. Therefore you may woo my daughter, Win the far-famed flower-crowned maiden, If you hunt the elk on snowshoes, In the distant field of Hiisi."
Runo XIII · Hiisi's Elk · Part 1 · In the autumn
Lemminkainen Kauppi Lyylikki
Lyylikki, the smith of snowshoes, Kauppi, maker of the snowshoes, In the autumn shaped the left one, In the winter carved the right one, And he fixed the frames on one day, Fixed the rings upon another.
Runo XIII · Hiisi's Elk · Part 1 · 📍 [[Lapland]]
Hiisi Juutas
But the boast was heard by Hiisi, And by Juutas comprehended; And an elk was formed by Hiisi, And a reindeer formed by Juutas, With a head of rotten timber, Horns composed of willow-branches, Feet of ropes the swamps which border, Shins of sticks from out the marshes; And his back was formed of fence-stakes, Sinews formed of dryest grass-stalks, Eyes of water-lily flowers, Ears of leaves of water-lily, And his hide was formed of pine-bark, And his flesh of rotten timber.
Runo XIII · Hiisi's Elk · Part 1 · 📍 [[Lapland]]
Then rushed forth the elk of Hiisi, Sped away the fleeing reindeer, Rushing past the barns of Pohja, To the plains of Lapland's children, In the house the tubs kicked over, On the fire upset the kettles, Threw the meat among the ashes, Spilt the soup among the cinders.
Runo XIII · Hiisi's Elk · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Then he took a pole of maple, And he made a birchen collar; Hiisi's elk he tethered with it, In a pen of oak he placed it. "Stand thou there, O elk of Hiisi, Here remain, O nimble reindeer!"
Runo XIII · Hiisi's Elk · Part 2
Then it gave a mighty struggle, And it snapped the birchen collar, And it broke the pole of maple, And the pen of oak burst open, And began to hurry forwards, And the elk rushed wildly onwards, Over land and over marshes, Over slopes o'ergrown with bushes, Till the eyes no more could see it, And the ears no longer hear it.
Runo XIII · Hiisi's Elk · Part 2
And would chase the elk of Hiisi, But as he was rushing forward, In a hole he broke his left shoe, And his snowshoe fell to pieces, On the ground he broke the right one, Broke the tips from off his snowshoes, And the frames across the joinings. While rushed on the elk of Hiisi, Till its head he saw no longer.
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 2 · For a week
Thus the lively Lemminkainen For a week on snowshoes glided, Sang a song throughout the forest, There among the depths of jungle, And appeased the forest's mistress, And the forest's master likewise, And delighted all the maidens, Pleasing thus the girls of Tapio. Then they hunted and drove onward From its lair the elk of Hiisi, Past the wooded hills of Tapio, Past the bounds of Hiisi's mountain, To the man who waited for it, To the sorcerer in his ambush.
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 2
Then the lively Lemminkainen Lifted his lasso, and threw it O'er the elk of Hiisi's shoulders, Round the camel's neck he threw it, That it should not kick in fury, When upon its back he stroked it.
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Then to Pohjola he journeyed, And he said on his arrival: "I have chased the elk of Hiisi On the distant plains of Hiisi. Give me now, old dame, your daughter, Give the youthful bride I seek for." Louhi, Pohjola's old Mistress Heard his words, and then made answer: "I will only give my daughter, Give the youthful bride you seek for, If you rein the mighty gelding, He the chestnut steed of Hiisi, He the foaming foal of Hiisi, On the bounds of Hiisi's meadow."
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 2 · upon the third day
Thus he sought one day, a second, And at length upon the third day Came he to a lofty mountain, And upon a rock he clambered. And he turned his eyes to eastward, And he turned his head to sunwards. On the sand he saw the courser, 'Mid the firs the yellow-maned one. From his hair the flame was flashing, From his mane the smoke was rising.
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 3
Ukko then, the great Creator, Jumala 'mid clouds exalted, Heard and rent the air asunder, Clove in twain the vault of heaven, Scattered ice, and scattered iceblocks, Scattered down the iron hailstones, Smaller than a horse's head is, Larger than a head of man is, On the mane of that good courser, On the back of Hiisi's courser.
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Thus did lively Lemminkainen Bridle Hiisi's mighty courser, In his mouth the bit adjusted, On his silver head the bridle, On his broad back then he mounted, On the back of that good courser.
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Lemminkainen Louhi Maid of Pohja
Give me now, old dame, your daughter, Give the youthful bride I seek for." Louhi, Pohjola's old Mistress, Answered in the words which follow: "I will only give my daughter, Give the youthful bride you seek for, If the river-swan you shoot me, Shoot the great bird on the river.
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 3 · 📍 [[Tuonela]] · one day
And at length one day it happened, Came the lively Lemminkainen Hasting on, and swift approaching Unto Tuonela's deep river, To the cataract most terrific, To the sacred river's whirlpool. From the waves he sent a serpent, Like a reed from out the billows; Through the hero's heart he hurled it, And through Lemminkainen's liver. Through the arm-pit left it smote him, Through the shoulder right it struck him.
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 3 · 📍 [[Tuoni's murky river]]
Then did Pohjola's blind greybeard, Markahattu, he the cowherd, Fling the lively Lemminkainen, Casting Kaleva's own offspring Into Tuoni's murky river, In the worst of all the whirlpools.
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 3 · 📍 [[Tuonela]]
bloodstained son of Tuoni Lemminkainen
Then the bloodstained son of Tuoni Drew his sword, and smote the hero, With his gleaming blade he hewed him, While it shed a stream of flashes, And he hewed him in five fragments, And in pieces eight he hewed him, Then in Tuonela's stream cast them, Where are Manala's abysses.
Runo XIV · Lemminkainen's Death · Part 3 · 📍 [[Tuoni's murky river]]
Thus did Lemminkainen perish, Perished thus the dauntless suitor, Down in Tuoni's murky river, Down in Manala's abysses.
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 1 · in the early morning hours
In the early morning hours, Blood from out the comb was oozing, From the brush was gore distilling.
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 1
Lemminkainen's mother Lemminkainen
And began to weep with sorrow. "O alas, my day is wretched, And my life is most unhappy, For my son has met misfortune, And my child all unprotected, On an evil day was nurtured. On the poor lad came destruction, Lost is darling Lemminkainen, From the comb the blood is trickling, And the brush with blood is dripping."
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Lemminkainen's mother Louhi Lemminkainen
Thus to Pohjola she journeyed, Asking where her son had wandered, And she asked in words which follow: "Tell me, Pohjola's old Mistress, Whither sent you Lemminkainen, Whither has my son departed?"
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 1
"I have fed the man profusely, And I gave him drink in plenty, Till he was most fully sated. In a boat's prow then I placed him, That he thus should shoot the rapids, But I really cannot tell you What befel the wretched creature; In the wildly foaming torrent, In the tumult of the whirlpool."
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 1
"Forth to chase the elks I sent him, And to struggle with the monsters, And the mighty beasts to bridle, And to put the foals in harness. Then I sent him forth swan-hunting, Seeking for the bird so sacred, But I really cannot tell you If misfortune came upon him, Or what hindrance he encountered.
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 1
Lemminkainen's mother Lemminkainen
In her hands her skirt she gathered, With her arms her dress she lifted, And at once commenced her journey, Hurried on upon her journey.
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 2 · 📍 [[Tuoni's river]]
Lemminkainen's mother Lemminkainen
"There has gone your son unhappy, He has fallen and has perished, Down in Tuoni's murky river, Manala's primeval river,
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 2 · On this very day
Lemminkainen's mother Ilmarinen
To the craftsman's forge she wended: "O thou smith, O Ilmarinen, Thou hast worked before, and yestreen. On this very day O forge me, Forge a rake with copper handle,
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 2
Lemminkainen's mother Ilmarinen
Then the smith, e'en Ilmarinen, He the great primeval craftsman, Forged a rake with copper handle, And the teeth of steel he fashioned,
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 2 · 📍 [[Tuoni's river]]
Lemminkainen's mother Lemminkainen
Up she drew a lifeless carcass, With the mighty rake of iron. Yet it was no lifeless carcass, But the lively Lemminkainen,
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 3
Lemminkainen Lemminkainen's mother
Thus did Lemminkainen's mother Form the man, and shape the hero To his former life restore him, To the form he wore aforetime.
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 4
Lemminkainen's mother Lemminkainen
Then did she anoint the patient, That she thus might cure his weakness, Salved the bones along the fractures, And between the joints she salved him, Salved his head and lower portions, Rubbed him also in the middle,
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 4
From his sleep arose the hero, And from out his dreams awakened, And at once his speech recovered. With his tongue these words he uttered: "Woe's me, long have I been sleeping, Long have I in pain been lying, And in peaceful sleep reposing, In the deepest slumber sunken."
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 4 · 📍 [[Manala]]
"Markahattu, he the cowherd, Untamola's blind old rascal, Down to Manala has sent me, There to drift in Tuoni's river; And he raised a water-serpent, From the waves a serpent lifted, Sent it forth to me unhappy, But I could not guard against it, Knowing nought of water-evil, Nor the evils of the reed-beds."
Runo XV · Lemminkainen's Recovery and Return Home · Part 4
Lemminkainen Lemminkainen's mother
Then the lively Lemminkainen, Went at once his journey homeward, With his mother, she who loved him, Homeward with the aged woman.
Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 1
Väinämöinen Sampsa Pellervoinen
Pellervoinen, earth-begotten, Sampsa, youth of smallest stature, He shall seek for timber for him, And shall seek an oak-tree for him.
Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 1
Speedily he felled the oak-tree, And the beauteous tree had fallen.
Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 1
Then the aged Väinämöinen, He the great primeval sorcerer, Fashioned then the boat with wisdom, Built with magic songs the vessel, From the fragments of an oak-tree, Fragments of the shattered oak-tree.
Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 1
Then he went the words to gather, And a flock of swans he slaughtered. And a flock of geese he slaughtered, And beheaded many swallows, But the spells he needed found not.
Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 1 · 📍 [[Tuonela]] · for a week
Then to Tuonela he journeyed, Sought the words in Mana's kingdom. And with rapid steps he hastened, Wandered for a week through bushes,
Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 1 · 📍 [[Tuonela]]
And she answered him in thiswise, And she spoke the words which follow: "Hence a boat shall come to fetch you, When you shall explain the reason Why to Manala you travel.
Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 1 · 📍 [[Tuonela]]
Tuoni's short and stunted daughter, She the dwarfish maid of Mana, Answered in the words which follow: "Ay, indeed, I know the liar! If 'twas Tuoni brought you hither, Mana dragged you from your country,
Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 2 · 📍 [[Tuonela]]
Brought the boat then, Tuoni's daughter. And the aged Väinämöinen Quickly o'er the straight she ferried. And across the river rowed him, And she spoke the words which follow:
Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 2 · 📍 [[Tuonela]] · in a single night of summer
Tuoni's son with crooked fingers. Crooked fingers hard as iron, Took the hundred nets, and spread them Right across the stream of Tuoni, Both across and also lengthwise, And in an oblique direction So that Väinö should not 'scape him, Nor should flee Uvantolainen, In the course of all his lifetime, While the golden moon is shining, From the dread abode of Tuoni, From the eternal home of Mana.
Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 2 · 📍 [[Tuonela]]
Quickly then his shape transforming, And another shape assuming, To the gloomy lake he hastened; Like an otter in the reed-beds, Like an iron snake he wriggled, Like a little adder hastened Straight across the stream of Tuoni, Safely through the nets of Tuoni.
Runo XVI · Väinämöinen in Tuonela · Part 2 · 📍 [[Tuoni's kingdom]]
Thus the aged Väinämöinen Made his way from Tuoni's kingdom, And he said the words which follow, And in words like these expressed him:
Runo XVII · Väinämöinen and Antero Vipunen · Part 1 · Once
Väinämöinen, old and steadfast, Started on his way, unheeding, And the first day speeded lightly O'er the points of women's needles, And the second day sprang nimbly O'er the points of heroes' sword-blades, And upon the third day speeded O'er the blades of heroes' axes.
Runo XVII · Väinämöinen and Antero Vipunen · Part 1
Then he thrust his stake of iron Into Vipunen's mouth he thrust it, In his gnashing gums he thrust it, In his clashing jaws he thrust it, And he spoke the words which follow: "Rouse thyself, O slave of mortals, Where beneath the earth thou restest, In a sleep that long has lasted."
Runo XVII · Väinämöinen and Antero Vipunen · Part 1
Vipunen, in songs most famous, Opened then his mouth yet wider, And his jaws he wide extended, Gulped the well-beloved hero, With a shout the hero swallowed, Him the aged Väinämöinen.
Runo XVII · Väinämöinen and Antero Vipunen · Part 4
Vipunen, in songs so famous, He the sage so old in wisdom, In whose mouth was mighty magic, Power unbounded in his bosom, Opened then his mouth of wisdom, Of his spells the casket opened, Sang his mighty spells of magic, Chanted forth of all the greatest, Magic songs of the Creation, From the very earliest ages, Songs that all the children sing not, Even heroes understand not, In these dreary days of evil, In the days that now are passing.
Runo XVII · Väinämöinen and Antero Vipunen · Part 4
Then did Antero Vipunen open Wide expanding gums grimacing, Open wide his mouth gigantic, And his jaws extended widely, While the aged Väinämöinen To his mouth made lengthened journey, From the belly of the wise one, From within his monstrous body. From his mouth he glided swiftly, O'er the heath he bounded swiftly, Very like a golden squirrel, Or a golden-breasted marten.
Runo XVII · Väinämöinen and Antero Vipunen · Part 4
To his boat he hastened quickly, And he set to work most wisely, Set to work the boat to finish, And he fixed the sides together, And the stern he fixed together, And the bows he deftly fashioned, But the boat he built unhammered, Nor a chip he severed from it.
Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Pondered deeply and reflected How he best should woo the maiden, Hasten to the long-haired maiden, In the gloomy land of Pohja,
Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 1 · Then upon the morning after, Very early in the morning,
Then upon the morning after, Very early in the morning, Pushed his boat into the water, In the waves the hundred-boarded,
Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Forth I fare to woo a maiden, Seek the favour of a maiden, In the gloomy land of Pohja, Sariola, for ever misty, In the land where men are eaten, Where they even drown the heroes.
Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 2
Know that Väinämöinen journeys O'er the blue waves of the ocean, In a boat with prow all golden, Steering with his copper rudder, To the gloomy land of Pohja, Sariola, for ever misty.
Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 3
O thou aged Väinämöinen, Let us make a friendly compact, That although we both are seeking, And we both would woo the maiden, Yet by force we will not seize her, Nor against her will shall wed her.
Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Pohjola's great Master Maid of Pohja
Then exclaimed the Lord of Pohja, "Go, my daughter, to discover Why the grey-brown dog is barking, And the long-eared dog is baying." But the daughter made him answer: "I have not the time, my father, I must clean the largest cowshed, Tend our herd of many cattle, Grind the corn between the millstones, Through the sieve must sift the flour, Grind the corn to finest flour, And the grinder is but feeble."
Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Pohjola's great Master Son of the Lord of Pohja
Thereupon said Pohja's Master: "Women they are always hurried, And the maidens always busy, When before the stove they roast them, When they in their beds are lying; Son, go you, and look around you." Thereupon the son made answer: "I've no time to look about me; I must grind the blunted hatchet, Chop a log of wood to pieces, Chop to bits the largest wood-pile, And to faggots small reduce it. Large the pile, and small the faggots, And the workman of the weakest."
Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 4 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Therefore thee I cannot follow, Never pledge myself unto thee, Evermore as thy companion,
Runo XVIII · Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen Travel to Pohjola · Part 4 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
I, a maid undowered, will follow Ilmarinen, skilful craftsman, He it was who forged the Sampo, And the coloured cover welded.
Runo XIX · The Exploits and Betrothal of Ilmarinen · Part 1
And a binding oath thou sweared'st, By the God whom all men worship, 'Fore the face of Him Almighty, And you gave a certain promise Unto me, the mighty hero, You would be my friend for ever, Dove-like in my arms to nestle?
Runo XIX · The Exploits and Betrothal of Ilmarinen · Part 1
Then he ploughed the field of vipers, Furrowed all the land of serpents, From the furrows raised the vipers, Drove the serpents all before him, And he said, returning homeward:
Runo XIX · The Exploits and Betrothal of Ilmarinen · Part 3
I will give my tender duckling, And prepare the duck I cherished, For the smith, for Ilmarinen, At his side to sit for ever, On his knee as wife to seat her, Dove-like in his arms to nestle.
Runo XX · The Great Ox, and the Brewing of the Ale · Part 1
Hop is called the son of Revel;
Runo XX · The Great Ox, and the Brewing of the Ale · Part 2
Kalevatar
And she clapped her hands together, Both her hands she rubbed together, Rubbed them on her thighs together, And a squirrel white created.
Runo XX · The Great Ox, and the Brewing of the Ale · Part 2
Kalevatar
In her hands the maiden took it In the noble damsel's fingers, And she clapped her hands together, Both her hands she rubbed together, Rubbed them on her thighs together, And she made a gold-breast marten.
Runo XX · The Great Ox, and the Brewing of the Ale · Part 2
Kalevatar
In her hands the maiden took it, In the noble damsel's fingers, And she clapped her hands together, Both her hands she rubbed together, Rubbed them on her thighs together, And a bee she thus created.
Runo XX · The Great Ox, and the Brewing of the Ale · Part 2 · at length
Osmotar Kalevatar
In the ale the maiden cast it, In the beer she poured it likewise, And the beer at length fermented, And the fresh drink now foamed upward, From within the new-made barrels, From within the tubs of birchwood, Foaming upward to the handles, Rushing over all the edges;
Runo XX · The Great Ox, and the Brewing of the Ale · Part 2 · a little time passed over
Lemminkainen Lemminkainen Lemminkainen
But a little time passed over, Very little time passed over, When the heroes flocked to drink it, Chief among them Lemminkainen. Drunk was Ahti, drunk was Kauko, Drunken was the ruddy rascal, With the ale of Osmo's daughter, And the beer of Kalevatar.
Runo XX · The Great Ox, and the Brewing of the Ale · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Then did Pohjola's old Mistress, When she heard how ale was fashioned, Water pour in tubs the largest, Half she filled the new-made barrels, Adding barley as 'twas needed, Shoots of hop enough she added, And the ale began she brewing, And the beer began its working, In the new tubs that contained it, And within the tubs of birch wood.
Runo XX · The Great Ox, and the Brewing of the Ale · Part 3
Then did Pohjola's old Mistress Send the guests their invitations, Sent her messengers to journey, And she spoke the words which follow: "O my maid, of all the smallest, O my waiting-maid obedient, Call the people all together, To the great carouse invite them, Call the poor, and call the needy, Call the blind, and call the wretched, Call the lame, and call the cripples; In the boat row thou the blind men; Bring the lame ones here on horseback, And in sledges bring the cripples. "Ask thou all the folk of Pohja, And of Kaleva the people: Ask the aged Väinämöinen, Greatest he of all the minstrels, Only ask not Lemminkainen, Ask not Ahti Saarelainen."
Runo XX · The Great Ox, and the Brewing of the Ale · Part 3
Then the maid, of all the smallest, She the handmaid hired for money, Bid the guests from six directions, And in eight the news she carried; All she asked of Pohja's people, And of Kaleva the people, Of the householders the poorest, And the poorest clad amongst them, Only not the youth named Ahti, For she left him uninvited.
Runo XXI · The Wedding Feast at Pohjola · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
From the road was heard a clatter, Past the well the runners rattled, In the court arrived the bridegroom, In the yard the people with him, In the midst appeared the bridegroom, With the greatest of the party. He was not the first among them, But by no means last among them.
Runo XXI · The Wedding Feast at Pohjola · Part 2
Louhi Pohjola's waiting-maiden
O my little waiting-maiden, Thou the village maid I hired, Bring a piece of lighted birchbark, To a tarry torch apply it, That I may behold the bridegroom, And the bridegroom's eyes examine, Whether they are blue or reddish; Whether they are white as linen.
Runo XXI · The Wedding Feast at Pohjola · Part 2
Then did Pohjola's old Mistress, Feast her guests in noble fashion, Feast them on the best of butter, And with cream-cakes in abundance; Thus she served the guests invited, And among them first the bridegroom.
Runo XXII · The Tormenting of the Bride · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Not with joyful thoughts I wander Nor do I depart with pleasure From the golden home beloved, Where I passed my life in childhood, Where I passed my days of girlhood, Where my father lived before me.
Runo XXII · The Tormenting of the Bride · Part 2
To another home thou goest, There to find a stranger mother. Never is a stranger mother Like the mother who has borne thee: Seldom does she give good counsel, Seldom gives the right instructions.
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 1
Osmotar, experienced woman, Kaleva's most beauteous maiden; She shall give the maid instruction, And shall teach the unprotected How to bear herself with prudence, And with wisdom to conduct her, In her husband's house with prudence, To his mother most obedient.
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 4
Old crone at the wedding Old crone at the wedding's husband
As my husband's bride they brought me, To my mother-in-law they led me.
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5
Old crone at the wedding Old crone at the wedding's husband
And he hurried to attack me, And upon the head he struck me.
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5 · at evening
Old crone at the wedding Old crone at the wedding's husband
When he seized me by the elbows, With his wicked hands he grasped me, And with willow rods he beat me, And the haft of bone of walrus.
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5
Old crone at the wedding Old crone at the wedding's husband
In my hair his hands he twisted, Grasping it in all his fury, In the wind my hair he scattered, To the winds of spring abandoned.
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5
Old crone at the wedding Old crone at the wedding's husband
From the handsome house I turned me, And my pleasant home abandoned, And commenced my weary wanderings,
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5 · Long ago
Old crone at the wedding's father Old crone at the wedding's mother
Long ago has died thy father, Perished has thy sweetest mother,
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5
Old crone at the wedding Old crone at the wedding's brother
All estranged is now thy brother,
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5
But I let it not distress me, And at once the house I entered, At the door I grasped the handle, Cold within my hand I felt it.
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5
Old crone at the wedding Old crone at the wedding's brother
Then my brother broke out weeping, From his eyes the tears were falling.
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5
Old crone at the wedding Old crone at the wedding's sister-in-law
But with mocking eyes she brought me Cabbage-stalks from out the kitchen, Whence the whelp the fat had eaten, And the dog had licked the salt from, And the black dog had his meal of.
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5
Old crone at the wedding Old crone at the wedding's sister-in-law
But with mocking eyes she carried Water only for the stranger, But, instead of drinking water, Water she had washed her face in, And her sister washed her hands in.
Runo XXIII · The Instructing of the Bride · Part 5
From my brother's house I wandered, Left the house that I was born in, Hurried forth, O me unhappy,
Runo XXIV · The Departure of the Bride and Bridegroom · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Thus at length, smith Ilmarinen Forth from Pohjola departed, With the children farewells singing, And they sang the words which follow:
Runo XXIV · The Departure of the Bride and Bridegroom · Part 3 · 📍 [[Ilma's homestead]] · upon the third day
Quick they sped, and fast they journeyed, And at length upon the third day Just about the time of sunset, Hove in sight the smith's fair dwelling And they came to Ilma's homestead, And the smoke in streaks ascended, And the smoke rose thickly upward, From the house in wreaths arising, Up amid the clouds ascending.
Runo XXV · The Home-coming of the Bride and Bridegroom · Part 1 · upon a morning
Lokka then the kindest hostess, Kaleva's most handsome matron, Uttered then the words which follow: "'Tis my son's sledge now approaching, As from Pohjola he cometh, And he brings the youthful damsel. Straight he journeys to this country, To the homestead hastens onward, To the house his father gave him, Which his parents had constructed."
Runo XXV · The Home-coming of the Bride and Bridegroom · Part 2
Dearest girl, and youthful damsel, This is what I now will tell thee, Thou hast willed our house to enter: Be contented with the household.
Runo XXV · The Home-coming of the Bride and Bridegroom · Part 3
our host our hostess bridal party
Drink they gave the bridal party, Food and drink they gave in plenty, Meat provided in abundance, Loaves provided of the finest, And they gave them ale of barley, Spicy drink, from wheat concocted. Roast they gave them in abundance, Food and drink in all abundance, In the dishes red they brought it, In the handsomest of dishes. Cakes were there, in pieces broken, Likewise there were lumps of butter, Powans too, to be divided, Salmon too, to cut to pieces, With the knives composed of silver, And with smaller knives all golden.
Runo XXV · The Home-coming of the Bride and Bridegroom · Part 4 · After this
Väinämöinen, old and steadfast, Of the song the mighty pillar, After this his sledge ascended, Homeward drove upon his journey, And he sang his songs for ever, Sang, and chanted spells of magic, Sang a song, and sang a second, But, as he the third was singing, Clashed against a rock the runners, Crashed the shafts against a tree-stump, And the sledge broke off his chanting, And the runners stopped his singing, And the shafts in fragments shattered, And the boards broke all asunder.
Runo XXV · The Home-coming of the Bride and Bridegroom · Part 4 · 📍 [[Tuonela]] · Then
Then the aged Väinämöinen, He the great primeval minstrel, Went again to Tuoni's country, Journeyed to the home of Mana, Fetched from Tuonela the auger, Brought from Mana's home the auger.
Runo XXV · The Home-coming of the Bride and Bridegroom · Part 4 · Then
Then the aged Väinämöinen Sang a blue wood up before him, In the forest rose an oak-tree, And a splendid mountain-ashtree, And from these a sledge he fashioned, And he shaped his runners from them, And for shafts prepared them likewise, And the frame he thus constructed, Made a sledge to suit his purpose, And a new sledge he constructed.
Runo XXV · The Home-coming of the Bride and Bridegroom · Part 4
In the shafts the horse he harnessed, Yoked before the sledge the chestnut, In the sledge himself he seated, And upon the seat he sat him, And without the whip the courser, Sped, by beaded whip unharassed, To his long-accustomed fodder, To the food that waited for him, And he brought old Väinämöinen, He the great primeval minstrel, To his own door, widely open, To the threshold brought him safely.
Runo XXVI · Lemminkainen's Journey to Pohjola · Part 2
Lemminkainen's mother Lemminkainen
Thou hast known the Falls of Tuoni, Manala's dread stream hast measured, There would'st thou to-day be swimming, But for thine unhappy mother!
Runo XXVI · Lemminkainen's Journey to Pohjola · Part 2
Lemminkainen Lemminkainen's slave
And his slave he thus commanded, And he spoke the words which follow: "O my servant, bought with money, Workman, whom I got for money, Harness now my horse of battle, Harness me my fiery war-horse, That unto the feast I journey, Drinking-bout at house of Lempo." Then the prudent slave, obedient, Hastened quickly to the courtyard, And the foal at once he harnessed, And prepared the fiery red one, And he said on his returning, "I have done what you commanded, And the horse have harnessed for you, And the best of foals have harnessed."
Runo XXVI · Lemminkainen's Journey to Pohjola · Part 3
Lemminkainen's mother Lemminkainen
Then her son his mother counselled, Warned her child, the aged woman, At the door, beneath the rafters, At the place where stand the kettles.
Runo XXVI · Lemminkainen's Journey to Pohjola · Part 3 · Then
Then departed Lemminkainen, When the horse in sledge was harnessed.
Runo XXVI · Lemminkainen's Journey to Pohjola · Part 3
And a flock of grouse created, And a flock of capercailzies, In the eagle's beak he thrust them, To his greedy throat he gave them, To the eagle's throat all fiery, In the fire-bird's beak he thrust them, Thus he freed himself from danger, And escaped the first day's danger.
Runo XXVI · Lemminkainen's Journey to Pohjola · Part 3 · Then
Ukko, then, of Gods the highest, He the aged Heavenly Father, Sent a cloud from out the north-west, From the west he sent a second, In the east a cloud let gather, Let them gather in the north-east; And he heaped them all together, And he closed the gaps between them, Let the snow fall staff-deep downward, Deep as is the length of spear-shaft, On the stones to redness heated, Blocks of stone all fiery glowing. From the snow a pond was fashioned, And a lake with icy waters.
Runo XXVI · Lemminkainen's Journey to Pohjola · Part 3
Then the lively Lemminkainen Sang a bridge of ice together, Stretching right across the snow-pond, From the one bank to the other, O'er the fiery trench passed safely, Passed the second day in safety.
Runo XXVI · Lemminkainen's Journey to Pohjola · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
On his palms then gently breathing, Ewes ran bleating forth between them, Quite a flock of sheep he fashioned, And a flock of lambs among them, And the wolf rushed straight upon them, And the bear rushed after likewise, While the lively Lemminkainen, Further drove upon his journey.
Runo XXVI · Lemminkainen's Journey to Pohjola · Part 4 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
And he hewed the fence to pieces, And in twain he clove the hedgestakes; Thus he breached the fence of iron,
Runo XXVI · Lemminkainen's Journey to Pohjola · Part 4 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Then the snake obeyed his orders, And the hundred-eyed drew backward, And the great snake twisted sideways, Turning in a new direction, Giving thus the traveller pathway, Making way for Lemminkainen
Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Thus the lively Lemminkainen, Ruddy youth, and arrant scoundrel, In the room at once came forward, Walking to the very middle; 'Neath him swayed the floor of linden, And the room of firwood rattled.
Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1
Ilpotar, the noble Mistress, Answered in the words which follow: "O thou boy, O Lemminkainen, Not as guest thou com'st among us, But upon my head to trample, And to make it bow before you, For our ale is still in barley. Still in malt the drink delicious, And the wheatbread still unbaken, And unboiled the meat remaineth. Yesternight you should have entered, Or perchance have come to-morrow."
Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1
Louhi Ilpotar's waiting-maiden Lemminkainen
Ilpotar, the noble Mistress, Uttered then the words which follow: "O my little waiting-maiden, O my ever-ready servant, Put into the pot some dinner, Bring some ale to give the stranger."
Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1
Ilpotar's waiting-maiden Lemminkainen
Then the girl, the child so wretched, Washed the worst of all the dishes, And the spoons she then was wiping, And the ladles she was scouring, Then into the pot put dinner, Bones of meat, and heads of fishes, Very ancient stalks of turnips, Crusts of bread of stony hardness, And a pint of ale she brought him, And a can of filthy victuals, Gave it lively Lemminkainen That he should drink out the refuse, And she spoke the words which follow: "If you are indeed a hero, Can you drink the ale I bring you, Nor upset the can that holds it?"
Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1
Then he felt into his pocket, And within his pouch was searching, Took an angle from his pocket, Iron hooks from out his satchel, Dropped it down into the pint-pot, In the ale began to angle, Hooked the snakes upon his fish-hooks, On his hooks the evil vipers, Up he drew of toads a hundred, And of dusky snakes a thousand. Down upon the ground he threw them, Threw them all upon the planking, Thereupon a sharp knife taking, From the sheath he quickly drew it, Cut the heads from off the serpents, Broke the necks of all the serpents. Then he drank the ale with gusto, Drank the black mead with enjoyment, And he spoke the words which follow: "As a guest I am not honoured, Since no ale was brought unto me Which was better worth my drinking, Offered me by hands more careful, In a larger vessel brought me; Since no sheep was slaughtered for me, No gigantic steer was slaughtered, In the hall no ox they brought me, From the house of hooféd cattle."
Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 1
Pohjola's great Master Lemminkainen
Then did Pohjola's great Master, Angry grow and greatly furious, Very furious and indignant, Sang a pond upon the flooring, In the front of Lemminkainen, And he said the words which follow: "Here's a river you may drink of, Here's a pond that you may splash in."
Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Lemminkainen Pohjola's great Master
Full and fair he struck the hero, Struck his head from off his shoulders, And the skull from neck he severed, As from off the stalk a turnip, Or an ear of corn is severed, From a fish a fin divided.
Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Furious was the Crone of Pohja, Wild with wrath and indignation, And at once she sang up swordsmen, Heroes well equipped for battle. Up she sang a hundred swordsmen, Sang a thousand weapon-bearers, Lemminkainen's head to capture, From the neck of Kaukomieli.
Runo XXVII · The Duel at Pohjola · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
From the house the youthful Ahti Lemminkainen quick departed, From the feast prepared at Pohja, From the unannounced carousal.
Runo XXVIII · Lemminkainen and His Mother · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
From the room he rushed like snowfall, To the yard like snake he hurried, That he might escape the evil, From the crime he had committed.
Runo XXVIII · Lemminkainen and His Mother · Part 1
Lemminkainen Lemminkainen's mother
O my mother, aged woman, Fill my bag with fresh provisions, With a good supply of flour, And a lump of salt add likewise, For thy son must travel further, Journey to another country, Journey from this house beloved, Journey from this lovely dwelling, For the men their swords are whetting, And the lance-tips they are sharpening.
Runo XXVIII · Lemminkainen and His Mother · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
From a quarrel rose a duel, There in Pohjola's enclosure; I have slain the son of Pohja, Slain the very lord of Pohja, Then rose Pohjola to battle,
Runo XXVIII · Lemminkainen and His Mother · Part 2 · the course of sixty summers
Then said lively Lemminkainen, "Now I swear by oaths the strongest, Never in the first of summers, Nor in any other summer, Mix myself in mighty battles, In the clashing of the sword-blades.
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 1 · For the space of three whole summers, / And for five years in succession.
"Now I go, and I'm escaping, For the space of three whole summers, And for five years in succession. Be the land to snakes abandoned, Let the lynxes snarl in greenwood, In the fields the reindeer wander, In the brakes the geese conceal them.
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 1
Then the lively Lemminkainen Hastened to commence his singing. In the court sang mountain-ashtrees, In the farmyard oaks grew upward. On the oaks were equal branches, And on every branch an acorn, Golden globes within the acorns, And upon the globes were cuckoos.
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 1
Then again sang Lemminkainen; In the yard a well created, O'er the well a golden cover, And on this a golden bucket, That the lads might drink the water, And their sisters wash their faces. Ponds he sang upon the meadows, In the ponds blue ducks were floating,
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 2 · 📍 [[the island]] · For the course of three whole summers
Thus the lively Lemminkainen Lived a life of great enjoyment, For the course of three whole summers In the island's pleasant hamlets, To the island-maidens' rapture, The content of all the widows; One alone he did not trouble, 'Twas a poor and aged maiden, At the furthest promontory, In the tenth among the hamlets.
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 2
Unembraced he left the maidens, And he left them unmolested, And he turned him to his vessel, Luckless to his boat he hurried, But he found it burned to ashes, Utterly consumed to ashes.
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 2
So from these a boat he fashioned, And a new boat he constructed, By his magic art he made it, With his secret knowledge made it, Hammered once, one side he fashioned, Hammered twice, called up the other, Hammered then a third time only, And the boat was quite completed.
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 2 · 📍 [[the island]]
Then the lively Lemminkainen Pushed into the waves the vessel, Blew the wind, and then it blustered, Rising waves drove on the vessel O'er the blue lake's shining surface, And across the open water.
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 3 · upon the third day
And at length upon the third day Rose a furious wind against him, And the whole horizon thundered. Rose a great wind from the north-west, And a strong wind from the north-east, Struck one side and then the other, Thus the vessel overturning.
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 3
Lemminkainen mistress of the homestead
Then she fetched of ale a canful, For the fainting hero's drinking, And she gave him a new vessel, And a boat completely finished, Which to other lands should take him, And convey him to his birthplace.
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 3
But he found no more his homestead, And the walls he found not standing; Where the house before was standing, Rustled now a cherry-thicket, On the mound were pine-trees growing, Juniper beside the well-spring.
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 3
Nothing knew the eagle of her, Nor the stupid bird could tell him, Only knew that she had perished; Said a raven she had fallen, And had died beneath the sword-blades, 'Neath the battle-axes fallen.
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 3
Lemminkainen Lemminkainen's mother
There he saw his tender mother, There beheld the aged woman.
Runo XXIX · Lemminkainen's Adventures on the Island · Part 3
But was forced to fly my dwelling, And to seek a place of hiding In this dark and gloomy forest, In the most concealed recesses, When came Pohjola to battle, Murderous hosts from distant countries, Seeking but for thee, unhappy, And our home they laid in ruins, And they burned the house to ashes, And they wasted all the holding.
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 1 · Very early in the morning
To destroy the folk of Pohja, And revenge me on the scoundrels.
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 1
Lemminkainen Lemminkainen's mother
To restrain him sought his mother, And the aged woman warned him: "Do not go, my son, my dearest, Thus 'gainst Pohjola to combat! There perchance might death o'ercome thee, And destruction fall upon thee."
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 1 · 📍 [[Tiera's homestead]]
Then his spear was placed by Tiera With the other spears of Ahti, And he went and made him ready Swift to join in Ahti's battle.
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 1 · 📍 [[Tiera's homestead]]
Lemminkainen Tiera's young wife
For a young wife has he taken As the mistress of his household, But untouched is she at present, Uncaressed is still her bosom.
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 1 · 📍 [[the lake that borders Pohja]]
Then did Ahti Saarelainen Push his boat into the water, Like a snake in grass when creeping, Even like a living serpent, And he sailed away to north-west, On the lake that borders Pohja.
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 1 · 📍 [[the lake that borders Pohja]]
Then did Pohjola's old Mistress Call the wicked Frost to aid her, On the lake that borders Pohja, On the deep and open water, And she said the words which follow, Thus she spoke and thus commanded: "O my Frost, my boy so little, O thou foster-child I nurtured! Go thou forth where I shall bid thee, Where I bid thee, and I send thee. Freeze the boat of that great scoundrel, Boat of lively Lemminkainen, On the lake's extended surface, On the deep and open water, Freeze thou too the master in it, Freeze thou in the boat the rascal, That he nevermore escape thee, In the course of all his lifetime, If myself I do not loose him, If myself I do not free him."
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 1 · 📍 [[the lake that borders Pohja]]
And upon the first night only Froze the bays and froze the lakelets, Hurried forward on the seashore, But the lake was still unfrozen, And the waves were still unstiffened.
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 2 · On the second night
Froze the boat upon the water, Ahti's vessel on the billows; Then he would have frozen Ahti, And in ice his feet would fasten, And he seized upon his fingers, And beneath his toes attacked him.
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 2
Angry then was Lemminkainen, Very angry and indignant, Pushed the Frost into the fire, Pushed him in an iron furnace.
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 2
With his hands the Frost then seized he, Grasped him in his fists securely, And he spoke the words which follow, And in words like these expressed him:
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 2
Whereupon he prayed for mercy, And he spoke the words which follow: "Let us understand each other, Nor the one the other injure, In the course of all our lifetime, While the golden moon is shining.
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 3
Lemminkainen Lemminkainen's mother
Then the lively Lemminkainen, He the handsome Kaukomieli, From his care constructed horses, Coursers black composed from trouble, Reins from evil days he fashioned, Saddles from his secret sorrows, Then his horse's back he mounted, On his white-front courser mounted, And he rode upon his journey, At his side his faithful Tiera, And along the shores he journeyed, On the sandy shores proceeded, Till he reached his tender mother, Reached the very aged woman.
Runo XXX · Lemminkainen and Tiera · Part 3
Lemminkainen Lemminkainen's mother
Now will I abandon Kauko, Long from out my song will leave him; But he showed the way to Tiera, Sent him on his homeward journey.
Runo XXXI · Untamo and Kullervo · Part 1
Left of Kalervo's folk only But one girl, and she was pregnant; Then did Untamo's assemblage Lead her homeward on their journey, That she there might sweep the chamber, And the floor might sweep from litter.
Runo XXXI · Untamo and Kullervo · Part 1 · But a little time passed over
Kullervo Kullervo's mother Untamo
But a little time passed over, When a little boy was born her, From a most unhappy mother, So by what name should they call him? Kullervo his mother called him, Untamo, the Battle-hero.
Runo XXXI · Untamo and Kullervo · Part 1
So upon a tree they hanged him, Strung him up upon an oak-tree. Two nights and a third passed over, And upon the dawn thereafter, Untamo again reflected: "Time it is to look around us, Whether Kullervo has fallen, Or is dead upon the gallows." Then he sent a servant forward, Back he came, and thus reported: "Kullervo not yet has perished, Nor has died upon the gallows. Pictures on the tree he's carving, In his hands he holds a graver. All the tree is filled with pictures, All the oak-tree filled with carvings; Here are men, and here are sword-blades, And the spears are leaning by them."
Runo XXXI · Untamo and Kullervo · Part 2 · upon the third day
And at length upon the third day, Let the infant die of sickness, Cast the napkins in the river, And he burned the baby's cradle.
Runo XXXII · Kullervo and the Wife of Ilmarinen · Part 1 · that very evening
And she took him as her herdsman, Who should herd her flocks extensive.
Runo XXXII · Kullervo and the Wife of Ilmarinen · Part 1
Oats below and wheat above it, And between, a stone inserted.
Runo XXXII · Kullervo and the Wife of Ilmarinen · Part 1
Then did Ilmarinen's housewife Send the herd away to pasture,
Runo XXXII · Kullervo and the Wife of Ilmarinen · Part 3
Then did Ilmarinen's housewife, Of the smith the wife so artful, Drive from out their stalls the cattle, Send the cattle forth to pasture, After them she sent the shepherd, That the slave should drive the cattle.
Runo XXXIII · The Death of Ilmarinen's Wife · Part 1
On the stone the knife struck sharply, And against the stone was broken. From the knife the point was broken; And the knife itself was broken.
Runo XXXIII · The Death of Ilmarinen's Wife · Part 1
Drove the cows into the marshes, And the oxen in the thickets, Half of these the wolves devoured, To the bears he gave the others, And he sang the wolves to cattle, And he changed the bears to oxen, Made the first the little cattle, Made the last the larger cattle.
Runo XXXIII · The Death of Ilmarinen's Wife · Part 1 · In the west the sun descended
Then the dusty wicked herd-boy, Kullervo, Kalervo's offspring, Homeward drove the bears before him, And the wolf-flock to the farmyard, And the bears he thus commanded, And the wolves he thus instructed: "Tear the mistress' thighs asunder, See that through her calves you bite her, When she comes to look around her, And she bends her down to milk you."
Runo XXXIII · The Death of Ilmarinen's Wife · Part 2
Then did Ilmarinen's housewife, Wife of that most skilful craftsman, On the spot at once fall dying, Fell, as falls the soot from kettle, In the yard before her homestead, In the narrow yard she perished.
Runo XXXIV · Kullervo and His Parents · Part 1
Ere report could reach the master Of the death his wife had suffered, And might harm him in his anger, And he might at once destroy him.
Runo XXXIV · Kullervo and His Parents · Part 1
Hurried quickly on his journey From the home of Ilmarinen, Ere report could reach the master Of the death his wife had suffered,
Runo XXXIV · Kullervo and His Parents · Part 2
No, your race has not yet perished, Nor has Kalervo been murdered; For your father still is living, And on earth in health your mother.
Runo XXXIV · Kullervo and His Parents · Part 2
Then his mother interrupted, And exclaimed the aged woman, "O my son, my son unhappy, O my golden brooch so wretched, Hast thou then, with eyes yet living, Wandered through these countries hither, When as dead I long had mourned thee, Long had wept for thy destruction?
Runo XXXIV · Kullervo and His Parents · Part 2 · 📍 [[the wood]]
Kullervo's mother Kullervo's sister
Thus has disappeared my daughter, Thus it happened to your sister. To the wood she went for berries, Sought for raspberries 'neath the mountain, There it is the dove has vanished, There it is the bird has perished, Thus she died without our knowledge, How she died we cannot tell you.
Runo XXXV · Kullervo and His Sister · Part 1
Kullervo Kullervo's foster-father Kullervo's foster-mother
For his rearing had been crooked, And the child was rocked all wrongly, By perversest foster-father, And a foolish foster-mother.
Runo XXXV · Kullervo and His Sister · Part 1
When he now had paid the taxes, And had also paid the land-dues, In his sledge he quickly bounded, And upon the sledge he mounted, And began to journey homeward, And to travel to his country.
Runo XXXV · Kullervo and His Sister · Part 1 · 📍 Väinämöinen
And by chance a maiden met him, With her yellow hair all flowing, There upon the heath of Väinö, On his clearing made aforetime. Kullervo, Kalervo's offspring, Checked the sledge upon the instant, And began a conversation, And began to talk and wheedle: "Come into my sledge, O maiden, Rest upon the furs within it." From her snowshoes said the maiden, And she answered, as she skated, "In thy sledge may Death now enter, On thy furs be Sickness seated."
Runo XXXV · Kullervo and His Sister · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
And by chance a maiden met him, Wearing a tin brooch, and singing, Out upon the heaths of Pohja, And the borders wide of Lapland. Kullervo, Kalervo's offspring, Checked his horse upon the instant, And his mouth at once he opened, And began to speak as follows: "Come into my sledge, O maiden, Underneath my rug, my dearest, And you there shall eat my apples, And shall crack my nuts in comfort." But the maiden made him answer, And the tin-adorned one shouted: "At your sledge I spit, O villain, Even at your sledge, O scoundrel! Underneath your rug is coldness, And within your sledge is darkness."
Runo XXXV · Kullervo and His Sister · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Kullervo, Kalervo's offspring, With the very bluest stockings, Dragged into his sledge the maiden, And into the sledge he pulled her, And upon the furs he laid her, Underneath the rug he pushed her.
Runo XXXV · Kullervo and His Sister · Part 1
Soon the fabrics turned her dizzy, To a bride the money changed her, And the silver it destroyed her, And the shining gold deluded.
Runo XXXV · Kullervo and His Sister · Part 1
Then he sported with the maiden, Wearied out the tin-adorned one, 'Neath the rug all copper-tinselled, And upon the furs all spotted.
Runo XXXV · Kullervo and His Sister · Part 2
I have wronged my very sister, And my mother's child dishonoured. "First I went and paid the taxes, And I also paid the land-dues, And by chance there came a maiden, And I sported with the maiden, And she was my very sister, And the child of mine own mother.
Runo XXXV · Kullervo and His Sister · Part 2
Soon as she had finished speaking, And her speech had scarce completed, Quickly from the sledge she darted, And she rushed into the river, In the furious foaming cataract, And amid the raging whirlpool, There she found the death she sought for, There at length did death o'ertake her, Found in Tuonela a refuge, In the waves she found compassion.
Runo XXXV · Kullervo and His Sister · Part 2
Nay, I will not go in hiding, Fly not forth, a wicked outcast, To the mouth of Death I wander, To the gate of Kalma's courtyard, To the place of furious fighting, To the battle-field of heroes.
Runo XXXVI · The Death of Kullervo · Part 1
Kullervo, Kalervo's offspring, With the very bluest stockings, Went with music forth to battle, Joyfully he sought the conflict, Playing tunes through plains and marshes, Shouting over all the heathland, Crashing onwards through the meadows, Trampling down the fields of stubble.
Runo XXXVI · The Death of Kullervo · Part 1
"At thy home has died thy brother, And thy parent's child has perished. Now return to gaze upon him, And arrange for his interment."
Runo XXXVI · The Death of Kullervo · Part 2
"At thy home has died thy sister, And thy parent's child has perished. Now return to gaze upon her, And arrange for her interment."
Runo XXXVI · The Death of Kullervo · Part 2
"Now has died thy tender mother, And thy darling mother perished. Now return to gaze upon her, And arrange for her interment."
Runo XXXVI · The Death of Kullervo · Part 2 · 📍 [[Untola]]
Then the sword he asked was granted, And a sword of all most splendid, And he slaughtered all the people, Untamo's whole tribe he slaughtered, Burned the houses all to ashes, And with flame completely burned them, Leaving nothing but the hearthstones, Nought but in each yard the rowan.
Runo XXXVI · The Death of Kullervo · Part 2
Kullervo, Kalervo's offspring, With the very bluest stockings, On the ground the haft set firmly, On the heath the hilt pressed tightly, Turned the point against his bosom, And upon the point he threw him, Thus he found the death he sought for, Cast himself into destruction.
Runo XXXVII · The Gold and Silver Bride · Part 1
Since the time his young wife perished, Death the fair one had o'ertaken.
Runo XXXVII · The Gold and Silver Bride · Part 1 · 📍 [[smithy]] · upon the fourth month after
While himself, smith Ilmarinen, Carefully the fire was tending, As he strove a bride to fashion Out of gold and out of silver.
Runo XXXVII · The Gold and Silver Bride · Part 1 · 📍 [[smithy]]
Then a ewe rose from the furnace, And it rose from out the bellows. One hair gold, another copper, And the third was all of silver; Others might therein feel pleasure, Ilmarinen felt no pleasure.
Runo XXXVII · The Gold and Silver Bride · Part 1 · 📍 [[smithy]]
Then a foal rose from the furnace, And it rose from out the bellows, Mane of gold, and head of silver, And his hoofs were all of copper; But though others it delighted, Ilmarinen felt no pleasure.
Runo XXXVII · The Gold and Silver Bride · Part 2
Feet he fashioned for the maiden, Fashioned feet; and hands he made her, But the feet would not support her, Neither would the arms embrace him.
Runo XXXVII · The Gold and Silver Bride · Part 2 · 📍 [[Väinölä]]
Said the smith, said Ilmarinen, "With the best intent I brought her, On your knee as wife to rest her, Dovelike in your arms to nestle."
Runo XXXVII · The Gold and Silver Bride · Part 2
"But it suits not my position, Nor to me myself is suited, Thus to woo a bride all golden, Or distress myself for silver."
Runo XXXVIII · Ilmarinen's New Bride from Pohjola · Part 1 · Thereupon
Cast away the golden image, Cast away the silver damsel,
Runo XXXVIII · Ilmarinen's New Bride from Pohjola · Part 1
Ilmarinen Louhi's second daughter
Death has borne her off already, Grisly death has seized upon her.
Runo XXXVIII · Ilmarinen's New Bride from Pohjola · Part 1
Ilmarinen Louhi's second daughter
Give me now your second daughter, Give me now that youthful maiden, Give her to me, dearest mother,
Runo XXXVIII · Ilmarinen's New Bride from Pohjola · Part 1
Louhi Ilmarinen Louhi's second daughter
No more daughters will I give you, Nor my daughter will I give you,
Runo XXXVIII · Ilmarinen's New Bride from Pohjola · Part 1
Ilmarinen Louhi's second daughter
Seized without ado the maiden, In his grasp he seized the maiden, From the room he rushed like snowstorm, Dragged her where his sledge was standing,
Runo XXXVIII · Ilmarinen's New Bride from Pohjola · Part 2
Struggled till she broke her fingers, Struggled till her hands were twisted, And she spoke the words which follow: "If you will not now release me, As a lark I'll soar above you, And behind the clouds will hide me."
Runo XXXVIII · Ilmarinen's New Bride from Pohjola · Part 2
Ilmarinen Louhi's second daughter
Thereupon smith Ilmarinen Presently commenced his singing, And began to speak in anger, Sung his wife into a seamew, Thenceforth round the cliffs to clamour, Scream upon the rocks in water, Moan around the jutting headlands, Struggle with the winds against her.
Runo XXXIX · The Expedition Against Pohjola · Part 1
From the fire he took the weapon, Took the work so finely fashioned, From the furnace to the anvil, To the hammer and the mallet, Forged the sword as he would wish it, And a blade the best of any, And with finest gold inlaid it, And with silver he adorned it.
Runo XXXIX · The Expedition Against Pohjola · Part 2
Then the aged Väinämöinen Left his horse upon the sandhills, On a tree he fixed the halter, Tied the reins upon the branches, Pushed the boat into the water, Sang the vessel in the billows, And he asked the wooden vessel, And he spoke the words which follow: "O thou boat, of shape so curving, O thou wooden boat with rowlocks, Art thou just as fit to bear us, As thyself art fair to gaze on?"
Runo XXXIX · The Expedition Against Pohjola · Part 2
So the aged Väinämöinen Softly then began to carol, Sang on one side of the vessel Handsome youths, with hair brushed smoothly, Hair smoothed down and hands all hardened, And their feet were finely booted; Sang on other side of vessel Girls with tin upon their head-dress, Head-dress tin, and belts of copper, Golden rings upon their fingers; And again sang Väinämöinen, Till the seats were full of people, Some were very aged people, Men whose lives were nearly over, But for these the space was scanty, For the young folks came before them.
Runo XXXIX · The Expedition Against Pohjola · Part 3
Väinämöinen, old and steadfast, Took the man upon his journey, In the boat he took the rascal, And the lively Lemminkainen Hurried on to climb upon it, And he hastened quick to board it, And his planks he carried with him To the boat of Väinämöinen.
Runo XL · The Pike and the Kantele · Part 1 · For a day
For a day o'er lake was steering,
Runo XL · The Pike and the Kantele · Part 1 · For the next
For the next through marshy waters,
Runo XL · The Pike and the Kantele · Part 1 · For the third day
For the third day past a cataract.
Runo XL · The Pike and the Kantele · Part 1
And the wooden vessel wedged not, Nor the wise man's boat was grounded.
Runo XL · The Pike and the Kantele · Part 1
But they could not move the vessel, Nor release the wooden vessel.
Runo XL · The Pike and the Kantele · Part 1
But he splashed into the water, Plunged his hands into the billows.
Runo XL · The Pike and the Kantele · Part 1
By the hair seized fast the hero, Dragged from out the lake the hero,
Runo XL · The Pike and the Kantele · Part 1 · Presently
Presently the fish uplifted, Dragged it up from out the water, And the pike in twain he severed.
Runo XL · The Pike and the Kantele · Part 2
As no craftsman there was present, And there was no skilful workman Who could make a harp of fishbones, Väinämöinen, old and steadfast, Then began the harp to fashion, And himself the work accomplished, And he made a harp of pikebones, Fit to give unending pleasure.
Runo XLI · Väinämöinen's Music · Part 1 · Presently
Presently stretched out his fingers, Washed his thumbs, the harp for playing, On the stone of joy he sat him, On the singer's stone he sat him,
Runo XLI · Väinämöinen's Music · Part 1
Kuutar Päivätär
From their hands they let the comb fall, Cast from out their hands the shuttle, And the golden bands were broken, And the silver shaft was broken.
Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Then did Pohjola's old Mistress Answer in the words which follow: "Two men cannot share a grouseling, Nor can three divide a squirrel, And the Sampo loud is whirring, And the pictured cover grinding, Here in Pohjola's stone mountain, And within the hill of copper. I myself rejoice in welfare, Mistress of the mighty Sampo."
Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Louhi, Pohjola's old Mistress, Heard him with the greatest anger, Called together all her people, Summoned all her youthful swordsmen, Bade them all to aim their weapons At the head of Väinämöinen.
Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Then the crafty Väinämöinen, He the great primeval minstrel, Put his hand into his pocket, And he drew his purse from out it, And sleep-needles took he from it, And their eyes he plunged in slumber, And their eyelashes crossed tightly, Locked their eyelids close together, Sank the people all in slumber. Into sleep he plunged the heroes, And they sank in lasting slumber, And he plunged in lasting slumber All the host of Pohja's people, All the people of the village.
Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Väinämöinen Ilmarinen Lemminkainen
Then the aged Väinämöinen, Secondly, smith Ilmarinen, Third, the lively Lemminkainen Carried forth the mighty Sampo, Forth from Pohjola's stone mountain, From within the hill of copper, To the boat away they bore it, And within the ship they stowed it. In the boat they stowed the Sampo, In the hold the pictured cover, Pushed the boat into the water, In the waves the hundred-boarded; Splashed the boat into the water, In the waves its sides descended.
Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Yes, the Sampo had been taken, Carried off the pictured cover, Forth from Pohjola's stone mountain, From within the hill of copper, Though by ninefold locks protected, Though ten bars protected likewise.
Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
To the hill of stone she wandered, And the copper mountain's entrance, And she said as she was coming, "Woe to me, this day unhappy, For a stranger here has entered, And the locks have all been opened, And the castle's doors been opened, And the iron hinges broken. Has the Sampo perhaps been stolen, And the whole been taken from us?"
Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 2 · for three whole nights
Then the Maid of Clouds, Mist-Maiden, From the lake a cloud breathed upward, Through the air the cloud she scattered, And detained old Väinämöinen, And for three whole nights she kept him Out upon the lake's blue surface, And he could not move beyond it, Nor could he escape beyond it.
Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 3 · Then the aged Väinämöinen
Iku-Turso, son of Äijö, When for the third time he asked him, Answered in the words which follow: "Therefore from the lake I raise me, Therefore rise above the billows, For that in my mind I purpose Kaleva's great race to ruin, Bear to Pohjola the Sampo.
Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 3 · from that day thenceforward
Then the aged Väinämöinen Cast the wretch into the billows, And he said the words which follow: "Iku-Turso, son of Äijö, Nevermore from lake arising, Or ascending from the lake-waves, Venture forth where men can see thee, From this very day henceforward."
Runo XLII · The Capture of the Sampo · Part 3
Still the winds were wildly blowing, And the waves assailed the vessel, Swept away the harp of pikebone, And the kantele of fish-fins, Joy for Vellamo's attendants, And to Ahtola a pleasure.
Runo XLIII · The Fight for the Sampo · Part 1
Louhi, Pohjola's old Mistress, Called together all her forces, Bows delivered to her army, And the men with swords provided, Fitted out a ship of Pohja, As a war-ship she prepared it.
Runo XLIII · The Fight for the Sampo · Part 1
Then upon her voyage she started, Sailed away and speeded onward, Soon to struggle for the Sampo, With the boat of Väinämöinen.
Runo XLIII · The Fight for the Sampo · Part 1
Then he took a piece of tinder, In his tinder-box he found it, And of pitch he took a little, And a little piece of tinder, And into the lake he threw it, O'er his shoulder left he threw it, And he spoke the words which follow, And in words like these expressed him: "Let a reef of this be fashioned, And a cliff be fashioned from it, Where may run the ship of Pohja, Fitted with a hundred rowlocks, And may strike in lake tempestuous, And amid the waves be shattered."
Runo XLIII · The Fight for the Sampo · Part 1
Onward sped the ship of Pohja, Gliding swiftly through the lake-waves, And upon the reef came rushing, And upon the rocks wedged firmly. Broke across the wooden vessel, And to splinters it was broken; In the lake the masts fell crashing, And the sails fell drooping downward, By the wind away were carried, And the spring wind all dispersed them.
Runo XLIII · The Fight for the Sampo · Part 2
Then she flew, her wings extending, And she soared aloft as eagle, And she poised herself and hovered, To attack old Väinämöinen; In the clouds one wing was flapping, In the water splashed the other.
Runo XLIII · The Fight for the Sampo · Part 2
Then the lively Lemminkainen Drew his sword from out his swordbelt, Firm he grasped the sharpened iron, And from his left side he drew it, Striking at the eagle's talons, At the claws of eagle striking.
Runo XLIII · The Fight for the Sampo · Part 2
Väinämöinen, old and steadfast, He the great primeval minstrel, Thought his doom had come upon him, And he felt his bane approaching; From the lake he drew the rudder, Took the oak-spar from the billows, And with this he struck the monster, On the claws he struck the eagle, All the other claws he shattered, There remained the smallest only.
Runo XLIII · The Fight for the Sampo · Part 2
Then she tried to seize the Sampo, Seized it with her nameless finger, From the boat she dragged the Sampo, Down she pulled the pictured cover, From the red boat's hold she pulled it, 'Mid the blue lake's waters cast it, And the Sampo broke to pieces, And was smashed the pictured cover.
Runo XLIII · The Fight for the Sampo · Part 2
Then the fragments all were scattered, And the Sampo's larger pieces Sank beneath the peaceful waters To the black ooze at the bottom; Thence there springs the water's riches, And the wealth of Ahto's people.
Runo XLIII · The Fight for the Sampo · Part 3 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Then she hastened homeward weeping, Back to Pohjola lamenting. Nothing worthy to be mentioned Of the Sampo brought she homeward, Nothing but a little fragment, By her nameless finger carried,
Runo XLIII · The Fight for the Sampo · Part 3
And he sowed the Sampo's fragments, And the pieces of the cover, Out upon the jutting headland, On the misty island's summit, That they there might grow and flourish, Might increase and yield their produce,
Runo XLIV · Väinämöinen's New Kantele · Part 1
Thereupon smith Ilmarinen, He the great primeval craftsman, Forged for him a rake of iron, Furnished with a copper handle, Teeth in length a hundred fathoms, And the handle full five hundred.
Runo XLIV · Väinämöinen's New Kantele · Part 1
Scattered leaves of water-lilies, Raked he up among the shore-drift, All the rubbish raked together, All the rubbish, bits of rushes, Every scrap he raked together, All the shoals with care raked over, But he found not, nor discovered, Where his pike-bone harp was hidden, And this joy was gone for ever, With the kantele was sunken.
Runo XLIV · Väinämöinen's New Kantele · Part 1
Sped the boat into the water, Rushed amid the waves the vessel. Old and steadfast Väinämöinen, In the stern made haste to seat him, And he went to sweep the water, And to sweep among the billows.
Runo XLIV · Väinämöinen's New Kantele · Part 2 · On a summer day
On a summer day he carved it, To a kantele he shaped it,
Runo XLIV · Väinämöinen's New Kantele · Part 2
And from this he made the harp-screws, And the pegs from that provided.
Runo XLIV · Väinämöinen's New Kantele · Part 2
Väinämöinen maiden on the heath
Then her hair the maiden gave him, From her soft locks hair she gave him, And she gave him five and six hairs, Seven the hairs she gave unto him, That he thus might form his harp-strings, For the tones of lasting pleasure.
Runo XLIV · Väinämöinen's New Kantele · Part 2
Now the harp at last was finished, And the aged Väinämöinen On a rock his seat selected, Near the steps, upon a stone bench.
Runo XLV · The Pestilence in Kalevala · Part 1 · 📍 [[Väinölä]]
Thereupon she grew most envious, And for evermore reflected On the death that she might fashion, How she best might bring destruction On the people in Väinölä, And on Kalevala's whole people.
Runo XLV · The Pestilence in Kalevala · Part 1
Then a great wind rose in fury, From the east a mighty tempest, Blew this wretched creature pregnant, And she quickened from the tempest, On a barren waste all treeless, On the bare and grassless meadows.
Runo XLV · The Pestilence in Kalevala · Part 1 · In a single night of summer
Thus became she nine sons' mother, In a single night of summer, With the bath prepared once only, With the bath but once made ready, With a single effort only, From the fulness of her body.
Runo XLV · The Pestilence in Kalevala · Part 1 · 📍 [[Väinölä]]
Louhi, Pohjola's old Mistress, Sent the others forth to journey To the cloud-encompassed headland, And the shady island's summit, Sent in rage these evil monsters, These diseases all unheard of, Forth to Väinölä she sent them, Kaleva's great race to slaughter.
Runo XLV · The Pestilence in Kalevala · Part 2 · 📍 Kalevala
Went to drive away the evil, And his people's lives to succour, Forth he went to war with Tuoni, And against disease to struggle.
Runo XLV · The Pestilence in Kalevala · Part 2 · 📍 Kalevala · Thus at length
Thus at length dispelled the evils, Raised their burdens from his people, Drove away the plagues of magic, Healed the magical diseases, And from death he saved his people, Thus saved Kaleva's descendants.
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
On the heath the bear she wakened, From his native land she drove him To the heathlands of Väinölä, And to Kalevala's green pastures.
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 1
Väinämöinen, old and steadfast, Uttered then the words which follow: "Ilmarinen, smith and brother, Make a new spear quickly for me, Make it with three cutting edges, With a copper shaft construct it.
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 1
Then the smith a spear constructed, Not a long one, not a short one, But of middle length he forged it. On the blade a wolf was sitting, On the edge a bear was standing, At the joint an elk was trotting, On the shaft a colt was running, At the end a reindeer leaping.
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 1 · 📍 [[Metsola]]
Said the aged Väinämöinen, And he spoke the words which follow: "Now my inclination leads me Unto Metsola to travel; To the forest's daughter's dwelling, And to the Blue Maiden's homestead.
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 1
Then the aged Väinämöinen Struck the bear where he was lying, Overturned his bed of satin, Overthrew his lair so golden, And he spoke the words which follow, And in words like these expressed him:
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 1
Then the aged Väinämöinen, He the great primeval minstrel, Walked across the plains, loud-playing, O'er the heath he wandered singing, And he brought the noble stranger. With his shaggy friend he wandered.
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 2
And the people gave him answer, Shouted all the handsome people, "Better lead our guest illustrious, And conduct our golden beauty Underneath these famous rafters, Underneath this roof so handsome.
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 2
Then the aged Väinämöinen From the bear stripped off the bearskin, On the storehouse floor he laid it, Put the flesh into the kettles, Put it in the gilded kettles, In the copper caldrons placed it.
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 3
And from thence I fetched my booty, There I found it on my journey.
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 4
Mielikki, the forest's Mistress, Tellervo, the maid of Tapio, Fair-haired damsel of the forest, Little damsel of the forest, Went along the path to guide me, And to raise the landmarks for me, By the roadside posts erected, And directed all my journey, And the trees she blazed before me, Marks she set upon the mountains, To the door of noble Otso, To the borders of his dwelling.
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 4
He himself lurched from the archway, Tumbled from the pine-tree’s summit, And the branches broke his breastbone, Others ripped his belly open.
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 4
As no other man came forward, And no hero would attempt it, He himself the bear's teeth numbered, And the rows of teeth he reckoned, Kneeling down beneath the jawbones, With his grasp as strong as iron.
Runo XLVI · Väinämöinen and the Bear · Part 4
Thither have I brought my booty, There bestowed my little captive, On a golden mountain's summit, On a copper mountain's summit. In a splendid tree I laid him, Pine-tree with a hundred needles, In the very largest branches, In the broad and leafy summit, As a joy to men for ever, And a pleasure to the travellers.
Runo XLVII · The Robbery of the Sun and Moon · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Louhi sun moon
Louhi, Pohjola's old Mistress, Old and gap-toothed dame of Pohja, Set to work the sun to capture, In her hands the moon seized likewise. From the birch the moon she captured, And the sun from fir-tree's summit; Straightway to her home she brought them, To the gloomy land of Pohja.
Runo XLVII · The Robbery of the Sun and Moon · Part 1 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Louhi sun moon
Then she hid the moon from shining, In the mottled rocks she hid him, Sang the sun to shine no longer, Hidden in a steel-hard mountain; And she spoke the words which follow: "Never more again in freedom Shall the moon arise for shining, Nor the sun be free for shining, If I come not to release them, If I do not go to fetch them, When I bring nine stallions with me, Which a single mare has littered."
Runo XLVII · The Robbery of the Sun and Moon · Part 1 · 📍 [[Väinölä]]
When the moon away was carried, And the sun had been imprisoned Deep in Pohjola's stone mountain, In the rocks as hard as iron, Then she stole away the brightness, And from Väinölä the fires, And she left the houses fireless, And the rooms no flame illumined.
Runo XLVII · The Robbery of the Sun and Moon · Part 1 · 📍 [[heaven]]
In the air a light struck Ukko, And a flame did Ukko kindle, From his flaming sword he struck it, Sparks he struck from off the sword-blade, From his nails he struck the fire, From his limbs he made it crackle, High above aloft in heaven, On the starry plains of heaven.
Runo XLVII · The Robbery of the Sun and Moon · Part 1
Ukko maiden of air
When the fire had thus been kindled, Then he took the spark of fire, In his golden purse he thrust it, Placed it in his silver casket, And he bade the maiden rock it, Told the maid of air to rock it, That a new moon might be fashioned, And a new sun be constructed.
Runo XLVII · The Robbery of the Sun and Moon · Part 1 · 📍 [[heaven]]
maiden of air
Thus the maid the fire was rocking, And she rocked the fire to brightness, With her fingers moved the fire, With her hands the fire she tended, And the stupid maiden dropped it, Dropped the flame the careless maiden, From her hands the fire dropped downward From the fingers of its guardian.
Runo XLVII · The Robbery of the Sun and Moon · Part 2
mother in Tuuri's house baby in Tuuri's house
In the cradle burned the baby, Burning, too, the mother's bosom, And the child went off to Mana, And the boy went straight to Tuoni. Thus it was the infant perished,
Runo XLVIII · The Capture of the Fire · Part 1
Thereupon began to ponder, And reflected on the method How to make a net of linen, How to make the hundred meshes.
Runo XLVIII · The Capture of the Fire · Part 1 · 📍 [[Lake of Alue]]
Väinämöinen a dwarf from the lake
Then the man, the little hero, Set to work to thresh the water, And he threshed as much as needful, And he drove the shoals of fishes, And into the net he drove them, In the net with floats a hundred.
Runo XLVIII · The Capture of the Fire · Part 2
Väinämöinen Sun's son
Thereupon the Sun's son seized it, Firmly in his hand he grasped it, And with this the pike ripped open, Cleft the body of the Broad-snout, And within the grey pike's belly There the grey trout he discovered, And within the grey trout's belly There he found the smooth-skinned powan.
Runo XLVIII · The Capture of the Fire · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Burned up half the land of Pohja, And the furthest bounds of Savo, Over both halves of Carelia.
Runo XLVIII · The Capture of the Fire · Part 2 · at length
And at length he overtook it, 'Neath the roots of two great tree-stumps, In the stumps of alders hidden, In the rotten stumps he found it.
Runo XLVIII · The Capture of the Fire · Part 2
Fire he carried to the kettles, Took it in the bark of birch-tree, To the end of misty headland, And the shady island's summit. Now was fire within the dwellings, In the rooms again 'twas shining.
Runo XLVIII · The Capture of the Fire · Part 2
Thus it was smith Ilmarinen Found a means to quench the fire, And to dim the brilliant fire. Thus the smith was healed completely, And regained his former vigour, Healed from wounds the fire occasioned.
Runo XLIX · False and True Moons and Suns · Part 1
From the hearth arose the craftsman, From beneath the wall the craftsman, That a new moon he might forge them, And a new sun he might make them, And a moon of gold constructed, And a sun he made of silver.
Runo XLIX · False and True Moons and Suns · Part 1
Thus the moon was now uplifted, In his place the sun was stationed, Moon amid the crown of fir-tree, Sun upon a pine-tree's summit, But the moon shed forth no lustre, And the sun was likewise rayless.
Runo XLIX · False and True Moons and Suns · Part 1
And the lot spoke words most faithful, And the signs made answer truly, For they said the sun was hidden, And the moon was also sunken, Deep in Pohjola's stone mountain, And within the hill of copper.
Runo XLIX · False and True Moons and Suns · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohjola]]
Väinämöinen sons of Pohja
Answered then the sons of Pohja, And the evil army answered: "Thus it is the sun is hidden, Sun is hidden, moon imprisoned, In the stones of many colours, In the rocks as hard as iron, And from this, escape they cannot, And release shall never reach them."
Runo XLIX · False and True Moons and Suns · Part 2 · 📍 [[Pohja]]
Väinämöinen sons of Pohja
Out into the yard they hastened, On the grass to meet in conflict, And the aged Väinämöinen Struck a blow with lightning swiftness, Struck a blow, and struck a second, And he sheared, like roots of turnips, Off he shore, like heads of flax-plant, Heads of all the sons of Pohja.
Runo XLIX · False and True Moons and Suns · Part 2
In the stone a crack perceiving, In the rock some lines engraven, Then he drew his sword from scabbard, On the coloured stone he scraped it, With the sharp point of his sword-blade, With his gleaming blade he scraped it, Till the stone in two divided, And in three he quickly split it.
Runo XLIX · False and True Moons and Suns · Part 2
Off he cut the heads of serpents, Broke the necks of all the serpents, And he spoke the words which follow, And in words like these expressed him: "Never while the world existeth, From this very day henceforward, Let our ale by snakes be drunken, And our malt-drink by the serpents."
Runo XLIX · False and True Moons and Suns · Part 3
Thereupon smith Ilmarinen, He the great primeval craftsman, Forged the hero what he needed, And a dozen hatchets forged him, Forged a bunch of keys enormous, And of spears a mighty bundle, Not too large and not too little, But of middle size he forged them.
Runo XLIX · False and True Moons and Suns · Part 3
Louhi, Pohjola's old Mistress, Old and gap-toothed dame of Pohja, Felt on this her doom was coming, On her head the days of evil, And at once to flight betook her, Swift to Pohjola escaping. From the stone the moon released she, From the rock the sun released she, Then again her form she altered, And to dove herself converted,
Runo L · Marjatta · Part 1 · After this
Marjatta the petted damsel, After this had chanced grew pregnant, And it soon increased upon her, And her burden soon was heavy.
Runo L · Marjatta · Part 2 · 📍 [[stable]]
Marjatta the hapless maiden, She, the holy little maiden, Bathed her in a bath sufficient, Till she had relieved her suffering, And a little boy was born her, And a sinless child was given, On the hay in horses' stable, On the hay in horses' manger.
Runo L · Marjatta · Part 2
On her knees she laid the infant, On her lap she laid the infant, And began to brush his hair straight, And began to smooth his hair down, When from off her knees he vanished, From her lap the infant vanished.
Runo L · Marjatta · Part 3 · 📍 [[the marshes]]
Marjatta the hapless maiden Sought her infant in the marshes, In the swamps her son discovered, And she brought him home in triumph.
Runo L · Marjatta · Part 3
Then the son of our Marjatta Grew into a youth most beauteous, But they knew not what to call him, Did not know what name to give him, But his mother called him Floweret, And the strangers called him Sluggard.
Runo L · Marjatta · Part 3
Then the old man quickly crossed him, Quick baptized the child with water, As the king of all Carelia, And the lord of all the mighty.