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completely From the evil plagues of magic, And the scourge of nameless sickness. Louhi, Pohjola's old Mistress, Old and gap-toothed dame of Pohja, Thereupon again grew furious, And she spoke the words which follow: 10 "Still I know another method, And a cunning scheme have thought on. On the heath the Bear I'll waken, On the waste the curving-clawed one, Vaeinoela's fine flocks to ravage, Herds of Kalevala to slaughter." On the heath the bear she wakened, From his native land she drove him To the heathlands of Vaeinoelae, And to Kalevala's green pastures. 20 Vaeinaemoeinen, 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. With the bear I now must struggle, Overthrow the shaggy monster, That he slay no more my geldings, Nor shall fall upon my brood-mares, 30 Neither shall destroy my cattle, Or attempt my cows to injure." 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. 40 Then fresh snow was gently falling, And a little snow had drifted As it drifts in early autumn, White as is the hare in winter. Said the aged Vaeinaemoeinen, 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. 50 Leaving men, I seek the forest, Heroes leave, for distant regions. Take me as thy man, O forest, Take me, Tapio, for thy hero. May good fortune now be granted, And to fell the forest-beauty. "Mielikki, the forest's Mistress, Tellervo, the wife of Tapio, Do thou bind thy dogs securely, Do thou keep thy whelps in order, 60 In the paths, 'mid honeysuckle, And beneath the roof of oakwood. "Otso, apple of the forest, O thou lazy honey-pawed one! If thou hearest me approaching, Hearest me, the hero, coming, In thy hair thy cl
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