Quickly did the highways shorten,
Till at last upon the third day,
As the sun was fast declining,
There appeared the blacksmith’s furnace,
Nearer, Ilmarinen’s dwelling,
Smoke arising high in ether,
Clouds of smoke to lofty heaven,
From the village of Wainola,
From the suitor’s forge and smithy,
From the chimneys of the hero,
From the home of the successful.

THE KALEVALA

THE

EPIC POEM OF FINLAND

INTO ENGLISH

BY

JOHN MARTIN CRAWFORD

[1888]

BOOK II

CONTENTS

RUNE XXV.  Wainamoinen’s Wedding-songs

Rune XXVI. 
Origin of the Serpent

Rune XXVII. 
The Unwelcome Guest

Rune XXVIII. 
The Mother’s Counsel

Rune XXIX. 
The Isle of Refuge

Rune XXX. 
The Frost-fiend

Rune XXXI. 
Kullerwoinen, Son of Evil

Rune XXXII. 
Kullervo as a Shepherd

Rune XXXIII. 
Kullervo and the Cheat-cake

Rune XXXIV. 
Kullervo finds his Tribe-folk

Rune XXXV. 
Kullervo’s Evil Deeds

Rune XXXVI. 
Kullerwoinen’s Victory and Death

Rune XXXVII
Ilmarinen’s Bride of Gold

Rune XXXVIII. 
Ilmarinen’s Fruitless Wooing

Rune XXXIX. 
Wainamoinen’s Sailing

Rune XL. 
Birth of the Harp

Rune XLI. 
Wainamoinen’s Harp-songs

Rune XLII. 
Capture of the Sampo

Rune XLIII. 
The Sampo lost in the Sea

Rune XLIV. 
Birth of the Second Harp

Rune XLV. 
Birth of the Nine Diseases

Rune XLV1. 
Otso the Honey-eater

Rune XLVIL
Louhi steals Sun, Moon, and Fire

Rune XLVIII. 
Capture of the Fire-fish

Rune XLIX. 
Restoration of the Sun and Moon

Rune, L.
Mariatta—­Wainamoinen’s Departure

EPILOGUE

THE KALEVALA.

RUNE XXV.

WAINAMOINEN’S WEDDING-SONGS.

At the home of Ilmarinen
Long had they been watching, waiting,
For the coming of the blacksmith,
With his bride from Sariola. 
Weary were the eyes of watchers,
Waiting from the father’s portals,
Looking from the mother’s windows;
Weary were the young knees standing
At the gates of the magician;
Weary grew the feet of children,