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Rh Hölmä comes from Tuonela—Manala's son from under the ground, Found the rust-coloured sedge on the swamp— in the pool the purple melic grass, Carries it to the smithy of a smith— under Ilmarinen's forge To be forged into iron, to be made into steel. Variants. 4 Mother iron is Ruopahatar, 4 Thy mother is from Aijö's pen. The greater part of (a) will be found in the Kalevala, ix, 39-266, with occasional differences.

(a.) A tall fir grew upon a heath, on the summit of the Hill of Pain (Kipu-vuori). From it a sorcerer (noita) formed arrows— an "archer" evil instruments. He made a single-feathered arrow out of the lowest boughs. Made a double-feathered arrow of boughs from the middle of the tree, Made a triple-feathered arrow out of the highest boughs. The sorcerer shot his arrows— angrily launched his pointed shafts Anywhere, wherever he could. For a sorcerer cares nothing at all Whether they enter a human skin or the body (F. hair) of a beast (kave).