In his original form, he was a god of songs and poetry who received a bird out at sea that laid eggs on his knee.
In his original form, he was a god of songs and poetry who received a bird out at sea that laid eggs on his knee. The eggs' pieces became the world, with the yolk as the sun. In his more familiar form, he sinks a rival into a bog and makes a kantele from a pike's jawbone. Lonnrot fabricated his mother, Ilmatar, and this man was often a loser in love, though not for want of trying. Aino drowned herself rather than marry him, and the maiden of Pohjola will never be his, even though he convinced his friend to produce the wondrous item requested by Louhi. FTP, name this bard and brother of Ilmarinen, who convinced the master smith to forge the mighty Sampo.
In his original form, he was a god of songs and poetry who received a bird out at sea that laid eggs on his knee.
{Vainamoinen}