deities of the Finns in his time were Vaeinaemoeinen and the Virgin Mary.

188. That is, a criminal who deserves to be burnt at the stake.

199, 200. She already recognizes her unborn son as an Avatar.

289. The word here rendered "hapless" properly means "little."

465. This is the only passage in the _Kalevala_ in which Vaeinaemoeinen is
spoken of as ever having been young; though he is occasionally called
young in variants.

465-468. This passage apparently alludes to Vaeinaemoeinen having sent
Ilmarinen to Pohjola by a trick.

471-474. This must allude either to the fate of Aino, or to some story
not included in the _Kalevala_.

501. In Esthonian legends, Vanemuine is not an Avatar and culture-hero,
but the God of Music, who withdrew from men on account of the ribaldry
with which some of his hearers received his divine songs. (_Hero of
Esthonia_, II., pp. 80-85.) Longfellow also makes Hiawatha depart in a
boat after the conclusion of his mission.

613, 614. These expressions remind us of the Buddha "breaking down the
rafters and the roof-tree" preparatory to reaching Nirvano.

GLOSSARY OF FINNISH NAMES

(The dotted vowels are included with the others.)

AHAVA, _the cold spring East Wind_.

AHTI, _a name of Lemminkainen_.

AHTO, _the God of the Sea and of the Waters_.

AHTOLA, _the dominions of Ahto_.

AeIJOe, _the father of Iku-Turso_.

AINIKKI, _Lemminkainen's sister_.

AINO, _a Lapp maiden, Joukahainen's sister_.

ALUE, _name of a lake_.

ANNIKKI, _Ilmarinen's sister_.

ANTERO VIPUNEN, _a primeval giant or Titan, whom some commentators
suppose to be the same as Kaleva_.

ETELAeTAeR, _the goddess of the South Wind_.

HAeLLAePJOeRAe, _name of a waterfall_.

HAeME, _Tavastland_.

HERMIKKI (SINEWY), _name of a cow_.

HIISI, _the same as Lempo, the Evil Power, somewhat resembling the
Scandinavian Loki in character. His name is often used as a term of
reprobation_.

HIITOLA, _the dominions of Hiisi_.

HONGATAR, _the goddess of the Fir-trees_.

HORNA (HELL), _name of a mountain_.

IKU-TURSO, _a water-giant; the name is doubtless connected with the
Icelandic word Thurs, which means a giant, and which is also the name
of the letter