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Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Tapio's Seat of Wisdom

 SAN SAN MILL

40 40 INTELLECT OF THE LORD

20:20 FORE-CAST-ING

-Quick the wife of Ilmarinen

Cried aloud in bitter anguish,

Thus addressed the youth, Kullervo:

"Evil son, thou bloody herdsman,

Thou hast brought me wolves in malice,

Driven bears within my hurdles!

These the words of Kullerwoinen:

"Have I evil done as shepherd,

Worse the conduct of the hostess;

Baked a stone inside my oat-cake,

On the inside, rock and tan-bark,

On the stone my knife, was broken,

Treasure of my mother's household,

Broken virtue of my people!"

Ilmarinen's wife made answer:

"Noble herdsman, Kullerwoinen,

Change, I pray thee, thine opinion,

Take away thine incantations,

From the bears and wolves release me,

Save me from this spell of torture

I will give thee better raiment,

Give the best of milk and butter,

Set for thee the sweetest table;

Thou shalt live with me in welcome,

Need not labor for thy keeping.

If thou dost not free me quickly,

Dost not break this spell of magic,

I shall sink into the Death-land,

Shall return to Tuonela."

This is Kullerwoinen's answer:

"It is best that thou shouldst perish,

Let destruction overtake thee,

There is ample room in Mana,

Room for all the dead in Kalma,

There the worthiest must slumber,

There must rest the good and evil."

Ilmarinen's wife made answer:

"Ukko, thou O God in heaven,

Span the strongest of thy cross-bows,

Test the weapon by thy wisdom,

Lay an arrow forged from copper,

On the cross-bow of thy forging;

Rightly aim thy flaming arrow,

With thy magic hurl the missile,

Shoot this wizard through the vitals,

Pierce the heart of Kullerwoinen

With the lightning of the heavens,

With thine arrows tipped with copper."

Kullerwoinen prays as follows:

"Ukko, God of truth and justice.

Do not slay thy magic servant,

Slay the wife of Ilmarinen,

Kill in her the worst of women,

In these hurdles let her perish,

Lest she wander hence in freedom,

To perform some other mischief,

Do some greater deed of malice!"

Quick as lightning fell the hostess,

Quick the wife of Ilmarinen

Fell and perished in the hurdles,

On the ground before her cottage

Thus the death of Northland's hostess,

Cherished wife of Ilmarinen,

Once the Maiden of the Rainbow,

Wooed and watched for many summers,

Pride and joy of Kalevala!-

Kalevala Spirit Dwells in This Module

7 O'Clock Hour Skill-Builder

CURRICULUM

TON TON RA

12 STONE LEGEND

SHAREWARE

BRUTALIST SCORE

-From the tree he cuts a birch-wand,

From the juniper a whip-stick,

Drives the herd across the lowlands,

Through the quicksands of the marshes,

To the wolves lets one half wander,

To the bear-dens leads the other;

Calls the wolves his little children,

Calls the bears his standard-bearers,

Changes all his herd of cattle

Into wolves and bears by magic.

In the west the Sun is shining,

Telling that the night is coming.

Quick the wizard, Kullerwoinen,

Wanders o'er the pine-tree mountain,

Hastens through the forest homeward,

Drives the wolves and bears before him

Toward the milk-yards of the hostess;

To the herd he speaks as follows,

As they journey on together:

"Tear and kill the wicked hostess,

Tear her guilty flesh in pieces,

When she comes to view her cattle,

When she stoops to do her milking!-

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