Sammon taonta / The forging of Sampo-Akseli Gallen-Kallela. Sampo is forged by ilmarinen, a legendary smith as a task set by Louhi in return for her daughter's hand. Sampo was a magical artifact of inderterminate type that brought good fortune to its holder. When the Sampo was stolen, it is said that Ilmarinen's homeland fell upon hard times and sent an expedition to retrieve it, but in the ensuing battle it was smashed and lost at sea.
Kalevalan kulttuurihistoria | Uusi Kalevalaseura -sivusto
Uusi Kalevalaseura -sivusto
Nudes, Boozers Jostle in Paris Exhibit of Finnish Artist: Review
Akseli Gallen-Kallela did with his paintings what Jean Sibelius accomplished with his music: He put Finland on the map.
Kiinnostus Kalevalaan on taas kasvussa - Kuopiossa etsitään nyt parasta kalevalaista sarjakuvaa
Ilmiö näkyy muun muassa kuvataiteissa ja musiikissa. Yritysten nimissäkin Kalevala-teema on kestosuosikki.
Joukahainen is a character in the Kalevala, the Finnish epic poem of fifty parts. He is the rival of the main character, Väinämöinen. After losing a singing contest, he pledges his sister Aino to Väinämöinen, but she drowns herself rather than marry him. Joukahainen, still envious of Väinämöinen, then shoots the stag of his rival from under him, plunging him into the waters of Pohjola.