The myth of the Sampo- an infinite source of fortune and greed - Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara
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After a skirmish at sea and long days of being battered by waves, Väinämöinen- a powerful bard as old as the world itself- washed up on the shores of distant Pohjola. A cunning witch nursed him back to health but demanded a reward for returning him home. Not content with mere gold or silver, the witch wanted what did not yet exist. Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara digs into the Finnish myth of the Sampo.
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Wow thats amazing!
What culture is this video
Liam Clements FINNISH!
@@GOTTABEJJ thanks
Wait a minute, I thought Tolkien was inspired by Ancient Germanic, Norse and Christian Mythologies; and his experiences during the First World War to write The Lord of the Rings. How does this Finnish mythology fit in to the works of Tolkien?
How are we supposed to believe that the animation for this video wasn't one of those beautiful artifacts Ilmarinen crafted?
Doplhin cuz Ilmarinen didn’t craft it, the silent animation creators did
I would have an ill nature. :)
Smooth
Ilmarinen didn't own a computer.
Right?
I see why Tolkien based his Elf language on Finnish. It sounds so flowing.
It's really the most boring and always the same sounding language there is. Kalevala is an exception.
@@netsong2239 Nope
@@netsong2239 kakka naama
@@spacecat7827 Hei vaan mun mielipide. Se kyllä kuulostaa kivalta mutta kun sitä puhutaan siinä ei yleensä oo paljoa tunnetta.
@@netsong2239 kyllä, tiedän. En tarkoittanut heikentää mielipiteesi vaan tekin pahan vitsin
I think Ted Ed might be the only educational channel that doesn't have to apologise for wrong pronunciations.
The narrator wasn't perfect.
Surprisingly well pronounced!
@@mapelaanjakoodaansuomeksi3432 I'll admit I'm not Finish but compared to many other channels out there, Ted Ed almost always either gets it right or is definitely much closer to how it is actually said.
@@mapelaanjakoodaansuomeksi3432 Maybe so, but small deviations in pronunciation can be excused. Not even the native speakers of a language, amongst themselves, pronounce every word exactly the same. What's unpleasant is when a pronunciation is enough off the mark to make you cringe; then it often feels as if the narrator didn't even try.
I'm Finnish and I'm amazed at how good his pronunciation is, usually when people who don't speak Finnish try to the results are unintelligible.
Why the sea is salty, according to a Finnish legend.
Somehow I believe that the Finnish saw a curse behind the fact that seawater is salted.
@@Ramoreira86 You are probably right,as salt was deemed to be of equal value as gold back than,but they couldn't extract it from ocean,maybe that was one of the reasons...
@@VJ-td6oc Way back then, salt is a preservative, only for nobles as it could only be acquired from the seas.
@@VJ-td6oc Salt can be extracted from the Baltic sea, but it is less profitable because the starting salt content is low. One doesn't need more than a shallow pool of sea water on the dark rock, under the endless midsummer sun.
Lưu Phương Mostly it's about the metaphysical war of decay vs preservation and chaos vs order, and the cycles of the universe.
It's nice when people put in the effort to pronounce Finnish words.
VEEL-yah ELL-oh 🤔
I've never seen such effort, proud of this channel.
It's surprisingly good pronunciation. Great work!
my thoughts exactly, they did a great job
Hold my Sanskrit
Could you please do more Finnish mythology, it doesn’t have the spotlight that Norse myth has but I feel it deserves it
Especially the story of Kullervo needs to be told.
its kinda hard because most of it is destroyed or lost.
I love mythology, it's just a bunch of adventurous stories.
Glory Sky Same
They always look like Dnd campaign
Tell me about it my teacher talks about Greek mythology and i love it so much!😊😅
Not just a bunch of adventurous stories but an insight into Finnish culture and collection of wisdom to be studied. Just imagine these poems were sung by two men facing each other and clasping hands. When I say men, I mean Hän which is a pronoun for both Men and Women.
until people turn it into a cult, then it's a religion.
I'm from the Philippines but when I was a child my mother used to tell me story of this, my mother told me that the story was pass on by her grandmother. It's crazy knowing my bedtime stories originated from a very far place.
Thanks TedEd for the info*
so you might have Finnish roots? that's so cool that the story was passed on so many generations! Be sure to pass it on to your children as well.
Same with my grandma she told me that this myth was about why the sea became salty
As a Finnish person it's really cool to see this and the pronounciating is actually good
Really? So, it's pronounciation is much simpler than I thought it would be. It's almost like my people's native tongue (I'm not Finnish btw).
We also pronounce it "Sum-poe" by our tongue, instead of "shampoo" or whatever else. I think I start to like Finnish more 😃.
@@tahtabenu5046 well I'd say finnish is a really hard language to learn. Finns pronounce things like they are written like sampo is pronounced sampo :D And since in many languages things are pronounced more smoothly/differently it's difficult to learn for many
@@tahtabenu5046 What he means is that in Finnish every letter is the same almost every time. There are only a few exceptions, the main one it's the ng is like in the English sing (not finGer), but it's double long inside the word. The double letters are said as (about) double long sounds. Ä is like a in cAt ('kät'), A is like a in fAther ('faadör'). Ö is not found in English, but it's close when they say her ('höö(r)'), bird, burn ... And Y is not found in English: only some Scots say you like 'jyy' if written the Finnish way. Z is said like ts - like in German or Italian, like in pizza (pitsa'). C, Q, W & X are not needed in Finnish (x = ks) - they are used in loan words, or names to look 'cool'.
But other letters are said like in most languages. A as ibfather, E as in yes, i as in sing, O as in lord, U as in pull -and in every place, short or long.
It's actually an easy system, spelling competitions are not needed.
Dude: *Climbs giant tree*
Other dude: *prepares a storm to yeet him*
Mega yeeeettttt
Väinämöinen: Hey Ilmarinen!
Ilmarinen: What?
Väinämöinen: Climb up that tree
Ilmarinen: OK
Väinämöinen: *MEGA YEET!*
@@tdpuuhailee8222 the translate button just de-bolded the *MEGA YEET!* text
I'm happy to see and hear that Kalevala is shared like this. Good job pronauncing so well our lovely weird langauge.
Suomi!!
Who knew that singing badly could cause such misfortune? Now I’m afraid to sing even in the shower.
😂 Good one!
It broke the sleeping spell
Singing was a form of spell casting in ancient Finland. xD In another legend Väinämöinen literally sung a competitor of his neck-deep into a swamp. Epic rap battles with an extra kick.
Heh, recognized this artifact from Scrooge McDuck adventure 'The Quest for Kalevala', by Don Rosa. Good stuff.
I love that when the daughter refused to marry they simply accepted!!! No kidnapping, even when they came back for the Sampo☺️
thanks for not being like all other myths!
That's a 19th century edit. This didn't happen in the original story.
@@finnicpatriot6399 you sure?
@@dominicguye8058 Yeah. Why do you feel the need to ask?
@@finnicpatriot6399 so, what happened in the original?
@@Kisamon He took her.
Finnish mythology really has that fever dreamish kinda lovecraftian vibe to it, nice job managing to animate it :D
Almost 10 million subs
This channel is probably one of the best. Sharing free knowledge which probably could cost loads of money and effort to find
I swear at least 50% of the people come only because of the animation/pretty pictures. So many other channels equally as good if not better educationally get nowhere near as many subs/views due to a lack of budget. Ted, meanwhile, have millions...
you know its only really in america where education costs so much
they get money from adds
I'm assuming they gained subscribers during Covid.
@@sebastianelytron8450 That's true. Ted is big bare bones in their descriptions. They try to use the fewest amount of words.
One major difference between the tales of Kalevala and Tolkien's works is that the heroes of Kalevala are quite often heroes in name only. Their actions are usually motivated by jealousy, hubris, vengeance and lust. I'm pretty sure that not a single epic deed in the book is committed without the intent of either getting into someone's pants or the intent of getting rich and/or famous afterwards.
That is true for many epic heroes, it took awhile for heroes motivated by even virtues of their era.
i absolutely read "shampoo" at first.
xD me too
Don’t all witches want shampoo?
Same
The shampoo of infinite wealth
Alexis Ramsés López Castro Same
I dont know why but i really like the idea of the flawed creations that come out before the sampo. Almost like an omen of what was to come, the sampo was just as ill-mannered as all that came before it, but in a different way: its function inspired greed.
The animation is simply amazing
the animation is incredible! my respect to whole production team and the author!
I loved the animations a lot. Nice myth. Especially loved the wonderful narration by mr. Addison Anderson. Deepest respects and appreciation for him.
Living in Indonesia and the first time i heard about this legend is when i'm 9 yo from Donald Duck's comic.
I'm from Finland and that was the first place I learned about the legend too. Don Rosa's comic's are the greatest!
Yeeess. Don Rosa's story!
Really?? Cool!
Ah yes, "the second biggest frog I have ever seen"
So good!
2:44 So a girl said "No" and they actually listened to her? Can I move to Finland please
No please, no.
Well finland was the first country in europe to give women the right to vote (would have been the first in the world with out those bloody kiwis) and usually people in finland respect women.
In one Kalevala story, a girl drowned herself because Väinämöinen tried to marry her after her brother lost her in a bet to Väinämöinen.
Tommi Yli-Ollila It’s embarrassing, isn’ it? I wish we never had.
j k Another made-up story, just like the part where Ilmarinen doesn’t get his wife. Lönnrot ruined the original myths.
Wow. Absolutely amazing recap of the Finnish national epic. Huge plus on the pronunciation of Finnish words, almost perfect.
Well, only on the Sampo cycle.
Finally, someone covered Finland.
Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan.
@Astute Cingulus Wait what. By covered I meant made a video on. Covered as in: "That got covered in the news already."
Suomalainen mytologia on erittäin eeppistä ja mahtavaa
@@sonicluffypucca96 No joo, totta on.
Jotkut meistä tietävät enemmän kuin luulet :-)
The sampo from the video looks like the sampo from a Scrooge McDuck comic story!!
Yes
Ooh, a fellow reader of Don Rosa's Scrooge McDuck series! From there I first heard the story of Vainamoinen and the Sampo too.
Fellow Don Rosa fan here!
Yes! I know this story first hand from Scrooge McDuck. Also the one with Donald regarded as Lord of Sleeping.
I think it was in the anniversary comic for the year 2000
I came for Sampo Koski from Honkai: Star Rail, stayed for whatever this is :D
✋🤯✋
Sampo’s name from HSR comes from Kalevala! Koski is also Finnish and it means rapid water.
The animation is on a different level
There were this kind of cartoons drawn in the 40s-80, in the analogical time. They were paper clips moving in front the background, but well drawn.
Sea salt has a very epic backstory!
😂😂
For real, as Vietnamese who speak Finnish, ngl this was impressive that the person who voiceover for this video took their time and sounds so good! Simple, comfortable, calming tune while speaking _high five_ my friend!
Thank you for making this video @TED-Ed, and sharing history, myths, and facts about Finland! I know, that rarely do people know about Finland _(if among the people knows where is Finland, etc. that's already good guys)_ 'cause I have watched some old videos, which claims a lot of things like Finland doesn't exist 'cause never heard of the country's name which obviously for many reasons! But I'm excited that Finland could be more international than keeping themselves in that circle!
Wow, this was the last video i thought i see today. Awesome video. I like that you actually tried to pronounce the ä and ö. Most people just say ae or oo. I suggest that everyone reads this book. The interesting thing about it that the person who wrote it, Elias Lönnrot skied hundreds and hundreds of kilometres just to acquire oral folklore and tales of mythology from the people.
Well, it's more like people say the Ä & Ö usually as they say A & O in their languages.
"The days they blend into the nights
The moon, the sun unite
Order of stars expires
A wonder is born" ("Sampo" by Amorphis)
As a Finnish i love it when someone actually tries to pronounce words. Good job! ☺️
This is probably the best pronounciation of finnish I have ever heard from an english-speaker. Amazing job and it really shows how much preparation you guys do for these videos. Love it!
I really like how you pronounce the finnish words, and as a finnish person, this is the closest to the finnish pronouncination that I have ever heard from an english person. Though not flawless, I can hear you trying. I also really appreciate that you did a video on this topic, I somehow think that more people need to hear the stories of the finnish...
It's not really the Lord of the Rings that Kalevala inspired but The Silmarillion, the history of Middle-earth and Valinor and the framework of the world Lotr happens in. It also inspired Quenya, the High Elf language since Kalevala piqued Tolkien's interest to read the book in the original Finnish language and he was enchanted by it.
This is a good break from mythologies from well -known pantheons.
Thanks for the new knowledge Ted-Ed!
your animations and narrations just get better and better every time and honestly, it's to live for 💜
Please keep doing more Myths, they’re amazing! Also, I was shook when you revealed the book, didn’t expect it
My first exposure to a version of this myth was....Mystery Science Theater 3000. They riffed on a Russo-Finnish co production produced in the early 60s.
I think this is it: elonet.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_117396
Not sure if its watchable outside Finland though.
Me too.
You mean “Jack Frost”? lol
@@AmandaFromWisconsin No, The Day the Earth Froze
"I don't know what a Sampo is, but I know that America makes the best Sampos in the entire world!"-Crow T. Robot.
I love his voice!! Most of my favorite ted ed vids were narrated by him, and his voice is what comes to my mind immediately when there are ted ed stuff around
This has some of the most fantastic names I’ve ever heard.
Maybe because you as a speaker of Indo-European are also used to other Indo-European languages, not Central-Asian Uralic languages like Finnish.
So good to know that this is the very epic that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien in making LotR that we enjoy today.
Loved this, would like to see more from Kalevala, I think something about Lemminkainen's death and resurrection would be pretty nice.
I love when Ted Ed make various myth videos. Such a masterpiece, perfect before sleeping.
I've been a TedEd fan for some time, and I honestly think this is one of your guys' best videos. The narration is flawless as always, and the animation and music make the storytelling-of a myth I was unfamiliar with-so enthralling. Love this channel.
I actually felt excitement while watching this. Fantastic animation and writing.
In reality the sampo is actually just a gold rice cooker
In truth, there is no greater treasure
Salt, WHEAT and coins. No rice
S H U T
When Ilmarinen was flung from the tree I felt that lmao 😂
Actually Sampo is in Finland making wealth to Finnish people. It has been modified few times. In one period it produced tar for sailing ships, phones for Nokia and steel. Today it produce renewable diesel ,paper and cars.
you deserve applause for that extra effort put into pronouncing the finnish names right!!!
I love how the animations continually get better and better
I am so happy that Ted ed posted the story if the sampo because I heard it as a child from my Finnish mother and I loved it
Pakollista: Suomi mainittu, torilla tavataan!
Ja torilla tortillat avataan.
Tulihan se sieltä
Ei kyllä vielä voi tavata ku korona
Ted-ed mythological videos are sooo mesmerizing
I live in Lapland and this is the national story of Finland. This isn't something I expected from this channel but thank you so much
For mentioning so many different types of stories from around the world.
One of those days when your friend catapults you with a tornado.
Yeeeeeeeeees! For some weird reason, I adored the Kalevala as a kid
During the course of this video I had a strange feeling about the connection to lord of the rings. When you mentioned that this inspired LOTR, I was plainly baffled. My intuition was right. Awesome animation as always
Absolutely amazing work! I love the amount of effort put into this.
A small nitpick the kantele is not a name of a specific harp, but an old finnish instument believed to have magical powers
I love this, i am finnish myself and i adore the way you pronounsed the words, you did well 💕
Ted ed is everyword is so clear that I remember this story clearly
Oooh you told the story of Sampo so beautifully! I was really happy to heard the entire story with details, instead of just the summary! I'd love to hear a story from my country told like this as well
Tbh this is just a summary too, a lot of people wanted to marry the maiden of pohjola, and had to do a bunch of other tasks before crafting the sampo. (Including plowing a field of vipers, hunting the swan of tuonela, fishing a giant pike and shooting the moose of the hiisi. Also in actual Kalevala Ilmarinen did marry the girl and Joukahainen wasnt invited to the wedding so he came in unanounced and killed the husband of Louhi. Also before Louhi transformed into an eagle she called upon a great sea monster Iku Turso to sink the ship of Väinämöinen
Italian here. Knew about the artifact from a Don Rosa story, but knowing the legend behind it is so much interesting.
Somehow felt that the name sounded like they were made by Tolkien and now i know why
Kalevala, Väinämöinen, Joukahainen, Seppo Ilmarinen, Lemminkäinen, Sauli Niinistö, Louhi, Pohjola, Kantele.
@@HONNEKI
...hold up
He loved Finnish and Welsh, those were his two main inspirations for Elvish.
I'm pretty sure the word "Silmaril" can be linked back directly to Ilmarinen ^^
@@HONNEKI Sauli Niinistö, yksi Kalevalan kuusuisimpia hahmoja
When I was 8, my grandma gifted me a Cathay Book.
I’ve read in it of the healer-musician Vainamoinen and his blacksmith brother Ilmarinen of Kalevala. They competed for the hand of Aino-daughter of Queen Louhi of Pohjola, with their wolfhounds, Lukki and Halli.
Through the help of his sentient little boat, Vainamoinen _convinced_ the giant Antero Vipunen to give him the 3 magic words that he would later give to his brother in gratitude for saving his life.
Thus, Ilmarinen’s Sampo that would continuously grind out fine white flour, fine white salt and pure gold for Queen Louhi in exchange for Aino’s hand.
Reading at that age was magic.😊
Well, the Kalevala has changed a lot about the original myth (including most of these events), but Aino was still the sister of Joukahainen, not the maiden of Pohjola.
The pronounciations are not that bad!
Yeah!
Profiilikuvasi on r/kirotutkuvat
Hänen profiilikuvansa on suuremmalla todennäköisyydellä vanhempi kuin sinä
@@TimpanKanava Oho, vähänkö siistii, meikän vaari on varmaa vanhempi ku sä, pistäppä paremmaks lol xddd
Nice virus link
Is it just me or has Ted Ed's recent videos been absolutely beautiful?
There is a similar story of why the sea is salty in Indian Mythology
Once upon a time, there was a Very Hard working Lumberjack, whose name was "Ram" and he was very poor to support his family, he had a wife and 2 children, on the other hand, he had a Brother named "Raghunath" who was Lazy and Rich.
It was Diwali (Indian festival of Light) and Ram asked his Brother for some Rice, but Raghunath decided to not share any with him because it would affect his Ego.
Depressed and Hungry, Ram went home, on his way, he met an Old Man, the Man asked him "why are you depressed on such a beautiful Festival?", to which he replied "I haven't been able to sell any wood, meaning I have no money, I asked my brother for help but he refused, the kids and my wife are really hungry." The old man felt Pity for him asked him to do a job for him. He asked him to cut some wood for him so he could use it as Fire wood, and in return, he will pay him something more valuable than Money. Ram accepted it, and gave him some fire wood, the Old man gave him Plate made of Gold, and said: "go to the cave in the South and you will find 3 men Well Dressed, give the plate to them". Ram accepted his wish and went to the cave, inside he found 3 well dressed men, and gave the plate to them, the men inspected the plate carefully, and after that , they gave him a Mill, and told him: "Say anything to the mill, like "oh mill, please produce rice" and the mill will continually produce the Rice. But you must cover the mill with the Red Cloth provided to stop it, it can produce anything" and left. Ram went home to try it, he placed the mill down and said: "oh mill, please produce Rice" the mill started producing Rice, after that, he covered the mill and then said: "oh mill, please produce maize" the mill started producing maize and the family cooked it and ate it. After the meal, Ram had an Idea, he asked the mill to Produce Wheat and Barley, after a lot of production, he covered the mill, bagged the Wheat and Barley, and went to sell it. He started profiting heavily, selling and producing Maize, wheat, Barley, Rice, Milk, Ghee and a lot of Products, eventually becoming more richer then his Brother, when his brother found out, he got jealous and decided to steal the mill and Run away with his wife. One day, when his brother was in the market selling Rice, his Brother sneaked into his House, stole the Mill and ran away with his wife to a Beach where he had kept a boat, on which his wife and him sat with the mill, and started rowing away, in the middle of the ocean, Raghunath said "oh mill, please produce salt" the mill started producing salt, but neither him nor his wife knew how to stop it, and the salt started to build up on the boat, and started breaking it, the boat broke, the the mill, along with Raghunath with his Wife, drowned and it is said the The Mill is Still Producing Salt in the Ocean right now.
I never thought Lotr was actually written after this.... INCREDIBLE!!!
When name sounds like Demon summoning, you know, it's from Finland.
Finland isn't Scandinavian and our language originates from Siberia. It's in no way related to Scandinavian languages...
Ok
@@finnicpatriot6399 finland IS scandinavian, since it shares the mountain range Scandinavia with norway and sweden.
The language doesn't have scandinavian origin, though. Very true.
@@katlasdahgreat nope, were fennoskandian.
@@katlasdahgreat People say that Denmark and Iceland are scandinavian but Finland isn't, and then define scandinavia as the lands of scandi-mountains, but then forget that Iceland is nowhere near the scandi-mountains and that there is not even a single mountain in Denmark.
But culturally, Finland is not scandinavian. Culturally Finland is Finland. It's unique. It's like the scandinavian, but cooler.
Such an epic story to explain why sea water is salty, love it.
I remember a Scrooge Mcduck story of this
I literally love this video . Can’t get enough of it
Ok I'm in love how you pronounce those strange words 💙
Kalevala, Väinämöinen, Joukahainen, Seppo Ilmarinen, Lemminkäinen, Sauli Niinistö, Louhi, Pohjola, Kantele.
, Perkele
@@HONNEKI one of those don't belong
@@TheHeavyModd how did you notice?? :D
Honne Kivioja Niinistö?
the story and graphics are beautiful, a thumbs up to the narrator..you guys are doing an amazing work
I first heard of the Kalevala when reading about Tolkien in high school (40+) years ago. Ended up loving it, a fantastic story that so few in rhe English-speaking world know anything about. I have only met 3-4 people who have even heard of it.
I like how Ilmarinen didn't force the maiden to marry him. Tells you a lot about the hero.
Sure, but don't look into Väinämöinen too much...
@@Blirre That stuff in the Kalevala is a butchering of the original myth. In fact, Väinämöinen does marry Joukahainen's sister and she never disagreed with that. Moreover, Ilmarinen was never rejected.
@@finnicpatriot6399 There is no one original myth. There were many different versions and these are just versions what Lönnrot chose
@@n1ppe You do understand that differing versions rise out of one original base story, right? People might add or substract elements over time or rarely even change a central point, but the original is still visible under all of it. Comparing variants and reconstructing helps us see the original more clearly, although we can never perfectly reconstruct it.
"A beautiful young man with a history of starting trouble". Sounds like a typical protagonist
This sounds like an average d&d session with a level 20 bard
This is story is incredible and so was the animation! I am extremely impressed by everything here!
“Alright I healed you”
“Ok I’m-“
“Gimme the sampo now”
As many have said before me 10/10 for the pronunciation! Like you hit the nail pretty much on the head there.
I'd be down for some more animated Kalevala myths.
Oh so that’s what that Ensiferum song was about...
I remember in elementary school, our teacher read us a book about a Chinese myth similar to this one. It was something about a brother that was rich and the other a beggar. The begging brother gave up his last scraps of food to another beggar who turned out to be a deity. For that, he was gifted a salt grinder. The grinder would spew piles of salt until the user said, “please stop” and the salt would turn into whatever the user desired. The brother stole the grinder and took it on a boat and started using it, but didn’t know to say, “please stop.” The boat capsized under the weight of all the salt and sank, producing all the salt in the ocean.
Ted ed is the only educational channel I've not unsubscribed after a month
Just amazing! Loved these tales & their beautiful presentation! ❤
What language is that? It sounds so smooth and elegant
Finnish, and funnily enough it's said that Tolkien thought the same.
Yep Tolkien's elvish was heavily influenced by Finnish
Finish
Its mother language for quenya language, HIGH elves not any elves. In old english they called Finns as kvens and they speaked kvenya 😊 its the holy languge of tolkiens wordl and is only used in seremonys at later era.
@@anttityykila9384 Kven is still the name of another related language in Russia.
I could be wrong, but I theorize that the Tolkien got the climax of Beren and Luthien from this epic. In the Silmarillion, Luthien puts Morgoth to sleep with her music. Beren then cuts a Silmaril from Morgoth’s crown and they attempt to make their escape.
The Children of Húrin in its entirety is based on the legend of Kullervo from Kalevala
Beautiful animation and damn does the narrator go at those crazy Finnish words with grace. Those do not sound easy.
Kalevala has some of the Old Religion mixed to make a more of a story and less of a mythology.
About the characters and artifacts:
*Ilmarinen* is actually the Sky God, Ukko Yli-Jumala (Ukko the Over-God), he is known for his symbol, the Hammer/Axe of Ukko.
The Scandinavians copied him as Thor to their religion.
*Väinämöinen* is the greatest Knower/Shaman of the Finnish Paganism, only second to Antero Vipunen, a Giant and a Knower who is deceased.
The Scandinavians copied him as Odin to their religion.
*Lemminkäinen* aka Ahti Saarelainen aka Kaukomieli is just like described, the name Lemminkäinen is diminutive of *Lempo* , the Finnish God of Love, Fire and Treachery.
*Louhi* is just like described, she is the ruler of Pohjola ("Northland") the land where all the diseases and sufferings are from, his husband is/was the Lord of Pohjola, who was slain by Lemminkäinen in a duel (Ahti Saarelainen however did cheat in that duel).
*Sampo* is the Nail of the Skydome (aka Lid of many colors) which is basically the polestar.
The Scandinavians copied it to their religion as the World Tree/Yggdrasil.
I know nothing about it before I came across this. Now, I feel it's really cool story with well narration.
It is mesmerizing to realize that this story was the inspiration for the lord of the rings .
This episode was great! I really loved the animation.
Who else was excited to watch the video because of Don Rosa’s epic story ?
Keep these kind of video coming........
I really enjoy it