{"id":5431,"date":"2020-05-14T09:02:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T08:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5431"},"modified":"2020-05-14T09:02:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T08:02:10","slug":"an-illustrated-kalevala-myths-and-legends-from-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/05\/14\/an-illustrated-kalevala-myths-and-legends-from-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"An Illustrated Kalevala: Myths and Legends from Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Kirsti-M%26auml%3Bkinen\/Illustrated+Kalevala\/9781782506430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kalevala-269x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kalevala-269x300.jpg 269w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kalevala-768x856.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kalevala-919x1024.jpg 919w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Kalevala.jpg 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-default\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color has-background has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color\" href=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Kirsti-M%26auml%3Bkinen\/Illustrated+Kalevala\/9781782506430\">Buy your copy now<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Encounter magical shamans, mighty eagles and terrifying beasts in this superb prose retelling of Finland&#8217;s national folk saga! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, we share an extract plus some of Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin&#8217;s stunning illustrations from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Kirsti-M\u00e4kinen\/Illustrated+Kalevala\/9781782506430\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"An Illustrated Kalevala: Myths and Legends from Finland (opens in a new tab)\">An Illustrated Kalevala: Myths and Legends from Finland<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lemmink\u00e4inen\u2019s Adventures<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Ilmarinen and the Maid of Pohjola were celebrating their wedding, Lemmink\u00e4inen was ploughing his fields. Yet his keen hearing picked up the noise of the wedding feast all the way from Pohjola. Although the bride and groom had good reason not to invite Lemmink\u00e4inen, nevertheless he was annoyed when he realised that he had been left out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lemmink\u00e4inen abandoned his ploughing and hurried home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHeat up the sauna!\u201d he ordered his mother. \u201cAnd bring me my armour and weapons! I am going to the wedding at Pohjola.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His mother and his wife, Kyllikki, both tried to talk him out of it. They warned him not to attend the wedding, because he had not been invited and he might be welcomed by men with swords. His mother also predicted that he would face many dangers on his journey. But reckless Lemmink\u00e4inen did not listen. He took his father\u2019s powerful sword and bow, hastily harnessed his horse and set off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After riding for a while, Lemmink\u00e4inen saw a flock of black grouse on the road ahead. Frightened by the approaching hooves, the birds fluttered away. Yet they left some feathers behind. Knowing that such feathers were magical, Lemmink\u00e4inen slipped them into his pocket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lemmink\u00e4inen journeyed on to Pohjola, but suddenly his horse whinnied and came to a stop. Stretching forwards to see what had frightened his steed, Lemmink\u00e4inen saw that his mother had been right when she predicted he would encounter great danger. In front of him lay a fiery river, and in the rapids was a fiery island, and high on the island was a fiery eagle. Flames shot out of its wide-open beak, and its feathers bristled with sparks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet Lemmink\u00e4inen was not afraid. He remembered the enchanted feathers in his pocket, pulled them out and rubbed them between his palms. All at once, from the hollow of his hand, a flock of great black birds rose into the air. Lemmink\u00e4inen guided the birds into the monstrous eagle\u2019s gaping beak. The fire in the eagle\u2019s mouth died down as it was forced to devour the flock of black birds. And so Lemmink\u00e4inen was able to continue his journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/489E109.tif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5433\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The horse galloped onwards until again it suddenly snorted with fright. Once more, Lemmink\u00e4inen\u2019s mother had correctly predicted that he would meet danger: a fiery ditch filled with burning rocks extended across the road and far into the distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet Lemmink\u00e4inen was unperturbed. He raised a mighty blizzard and made it snow upon the blazing ditch until the flames were put out. Next he conjured an icy bridge across, and so he continued his journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was close to his destination when suddenly the horse stopped again. A bear lay in wait on the road ahead, and beyond it, at the gate to Pohjola, there was a wolf. Lemmink\u00e4inen merely took some curls of lamb\u2019s wool from his purse, rubbed them in his hands and blew them into the air. Immediately the wool curls transformed into sheep. The bear and wolf attacked the flock, leaving Lemmink\u00e4inen free to continue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But when he reached the farmyard of Pohjola, it was surrounded by a palisade of pure steel that reached a hundred fathoms underground and a thousand fathoms up into the sky. Spears bristled on top and snakes hissed between the rails. His mother had also foretold this danger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lemmink\u00e4inen was not afraid. He calmly pulled out his father\u2019s sword and slashed at the palisade, slicing through snake-ridden rails and opening up the steel fence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most terrible serpent of them all, with a hundred eyes and a thousand tongues, writhed in front of the gate and snapped at Lemmink\u00e4inen. But he remembered the words of creation for a snake, which his mother had taught him. If he sang them correctly, the serpent\u2019s power would diminish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSerpent, you are kin to the ogress and the evil water sprite,\u201d Lemmink\u00e4inen shouted. \u201cSoon you will swell up and burst! Get out of my way, you vile worm!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it heard Lemmink\u00e4inen speak his words of power, the serpent slowly slithered away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After surviving so many dangers, Lemmink\u00e4inen was even more eager to join the celebrations at Pohjola. He yanked open the door to Louhi\u2019s house and bounded right to the middle of the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGreetings!\u201d Lemmink\u00e4inen shouted, quite unashamed of his rudeness. \u201cMaster of Pohjola, does this house have ale to offer a wedding guest?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d the master replied from the head of the table, displeased to find Lemmink\u00e4inen in his house. \u201cIf you behave yourself and sit by the kitchen door, like all uninvited guests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lemmink\u00e4inen grimaced. \u201cI will never sit there. Bring me some ale!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/489E94.tif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5436\" width=\"590\" height=\"474\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A tankard was placed before him. Inside, snakes were slithering, worms were squirming and lizards were writhing. Lemmink\u00e4inen threw them all on the floor and sliced off their heads with his knife. Then he drank the ale and demanded more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The master of Pohjola became angry. He also knew how to do magic and he conjured a puddle of water onto the floor. \u201cDrink from that!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am not a calf,\u201d Lemmink\u00e4inen shouted, and onto the floor he chanted a bull that quickly drank the puddle dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The master of Pohjola sang a wolf into existence to kill the bull, but Lemmink\u00e4inen sang a rabbit to draw the wolf\u2019s attention. The master sang a dog to kill the rabbit and Lemmink\u00e4inen, in turn, a squirrel to tease the dog. The master\u2019s pine marten caught the squirrel, but Lemmink\u00e4inen\u2019s fox devoured the marten. The master conjured a hen to coax the fox, but Lemmink\u00e4inen sang a hawk, which snapped up the hen in an instant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/489E113.tif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5435\" width=\"356\" height=\"512\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The disgusted master roared from the head of the table, \u201cEnough! Leave now, unwelcome guest\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Lemmink\u00e4inen did not move a muscle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The master of Pohjola grabbed his flaming sword from off the wall and challenged Lemmink\u00e4inen to a duel. The master of Pohjola tried to slash off his opponent\u2019s head, but instead hit a rafter and cut it in half. They moved their fight outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lemmink\u00e4inen\u2019s fiery sword sparked in his hand, and he slashed just once. The master only had time to wonder at the force of the blow before his head fell to the ground like the top sliced off a turnip.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI told you not to go,\u201d his mother said anxiously. \u201cYou wretched creature, you are always looking to wage war and do battle. Soon you will lose your handsome head.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/489E112-1.tif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5440\" width=\"573\" height=\"190\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ready and brave enough to continue the adventure? <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Order your copy now (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Kirsti-M%26auml%3Bkinen\/Illustrated+Kalevala\/9781782506430\" target=\"_blank\">Order your copy now<\/a> on our website! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Encounter magical shamans, mighty eagles and terrifying beasts in this superb prose retelling of Finland&#8217;s national folk saga! Here, we share an extract plus some of Pirkko-Liisa Surojegin&#8217;s stunning illustrations from An Illustrated Kalevala: Myths and Legends from Finland. 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