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INTRODUCTION vii

I. BIRTH OF VaINaMoINEN 1

II. VaINaMoINEN'S SOWING 10

III. VaINaMoINEN AND JOUKAHAINEN 20

IV. THE FATE OF AINO 35

V. VaINaMoINEN'S FISHING 48

VI. JOUKAHAINEN'S CROSSBOW 55

VII. VaINaMoINEN AND LOUHI 61

VIII. VaINaMoINEN'S WOUND 71

IX. THE ORIGIN OF IRON 78

X. THE FORGING OF THE SAMPO 93

XI. LEMMINKAINEN AND KYLLIKKI 106

XII. LEMMINKAINEN'S FIRST EXPEDITION TO POHJOLA 117

XIII. HIISI'S ELK 130

XIV. LEMMINKAINEN'S DEATH 137

XV. LEMMINKAINEN'S RECOVERY AND RETURN HOME 149

XVI. VaINaMoINEN IN TUONELA 166

XVII. VaINaMoINEN AND ANTERO VIPUNEN 177

XVIII. VaINaMoINEN AND ILMARINEN TRAVEL TO POHJOLA 193

XIX. THE EXPLOITS AND BETROTHAL OF ILMARINEN 211

XX. THE GREAT OX, AND THE BREWING OF THE ALE 224

XXI. THE WEDDING FEAST AT POHJOLA 240

XXII. THE TORMENTING OF THE BRIDE 251

XXIII. THE INSTRUCTING OF THE BRIDE 264

XXIV. THE DEPARTURE OF THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM 286

XXV. THE HOME-COMING OF THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM 300

NOTES TO RUNOS I-XXV 319

RUNO I.--BIRTH OF VaINaMoINEN

_Argument_

Prelude (1-102). The Virgin of the Air descends into the sea, where she
is fertilized by the winds and waves and becomes the Water-Mother
(103-176). A teal builds its nest on her knee, and lays eggs (177-212).
The eggs fall from the nest and break, but the fragments form the earth,
sky, sun, moon and clouds (213-244). The Water-Mother creates capes,
bays, sea-shor