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Finnish Legends for English Children

by R. Eivind

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Table of Proper Names With Pronunciation
  3. 3Father Mikko
  4. 4The World’s Creation and the Birth of Wainamoinen
  5. 5The Planting of the Trees
  6. 6Wainamoinen and Youkahainen
  7. 7Aino’s Fate
  8. 8Wainamoinen’s Search for Aino
  9. 9Wainamoinen’s Unlucky Journey
  10. 10Wainamoinen’s Rescue
  11. 11The Rainbow-Maiden
  12. 12Ilmarinen Forges the Sampo
  13. 13Lemminkainen and Kyllikki
  14. 14Kyllikki’s Broken Vow
  15. 15Lemminkainen’s Second Wooing
  16. 16Lemminkainen’s Death
  17. 17Lemminkainen’s Restoration
  18. 18Wainamoinen’s Boat-Building
  19. 19Wainamoinen Finds the Lost Words
  20. 20The Rival Suitors
  21. 21Ilmarinen’s Wooing
  22. 22The Brewing of Beer
  23. 23Ilmarinen’s Wedding Feast
  24. 24The Origin of the Serpent
  25. 25The Unwelcome Guest
  26. 26The Isle of Refuge
  27. 27The Frost-Fiend
  28. 28Kullervo’s Birth
  29. 29Kullervo and Ilmarinen’s Wife
  30. 30Kullervo’s Life and Death
  31. 31Ilmarinen’s Bride of Gold
  32. 32Ilmarinen’s Fruitless Wooing
  33. 33Wainamoinen’s Expedition and the Birth of the Kantele (Harp)
  34. 34The Capture of the Sampo
  35. 35The Sampo Is Lost in the Sea
  36. 36The Birth of the Second Kantele
  37. 37Louhi Attempts Revenge
  38. 38Louhi Steals the Sun, the Moon, and Fire
  39. 39The Restoration of the Sun and Moon
  40. 40Mariatta and Wainamoinen’s Departure

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