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Rh Reared by Kanarvainen, buffeted by stormy weather, A bough of which dript honey—keeps spirting virgin honey forth. From time to time God drenched the shoot—a cloud touched it on the head, A wind swayed the trunk, the restless air kept shaking it,
 * The birch reared by Kolkka (?) [v. gold] on ground where berry stalks abound,

Was created by three Luonnatars, softened by Pelkolainen ; The alder was not created for wood, not for wood, not for earth, It was made for gripings in the belly, as a remedy for hurts, As ointment for sores, as embrocation for wounds.

All trees were created by God, except that evil alder buckthorn, [v. the worst tree is meadow rue ], Which was created by a pagan—is a hair of a devil's beard. v. The willow was created by a pagan. The aspen was shaped by Hiisi—the rowan made by the devil (Piru), The bird-cherry rocked by Lempo, the juniper is Käsönen's son, The alder was made by Lemmes [v. Lenges]—reared by Kanelia [v. Kaljolainen].

3 The aspen is Hiisi's harlot son.

The latter half of the first line and the second line of (a.) are in the old Kalevala among the variants of Runo 24, but with a different introduction. For there, after the Sampo has been lifted out of Väinämöinen's boat and carried to the point of a misty headland, it slept or lay a summer on