Simplify the following text for a Grade 2 native English-speaking person.
Original: He and other writers described VÃ inÃ mÃ inen as the god of chants , songs and poetry . In many stories VÃ inÃ mÃ inen was the central figure at the birth of the world .
Simplified: VÃ inÃ mÃ inen was also a god .