Jussi on Nostr: In the Finnish and Karelian national epic Kalevala after the loss of his first wife ...

In the Finnish and Karelian national epic Kalevala after the loss of his first wife to Kullervo's curse, the disheartened Ilmarinen attempts to craft a new one from gold and silver, but finds the golden wife hard and cold. Dismayed, he attempts to wed her to his brother Väinämöinen instead, but the old sage rejects her,

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