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And a head each day demanded,

And on feast-days two demanded.

He himself, smith Ilmarinen,

Was not much delighted with it,

So he broke the bow to pieces,

Cast it back into the furnace,

Made his servants work the bellows,

To the half of all their power.

So again upon the next day,

He himself, smith Ilmarinen,

Stooped him down, intently gazing

To the bottom of the furnace,

And a boat rose from the furnace,

From the heat rose up a red boat,

And the prow was golden-coloured,

And the rowlocks were of copper.

And the boat was fair to gaze on,

But of evil disposition;

It would go to needless combat,

And would fight when cause was lacking.

Therefore did smith Ilmarinen

Take no slightest pleasure in it,

And he smashed the boat to splinters,

Cast it back into the furnace;

Made his servants work the bellows,

To the half of all their power.

Then upon the third day likewise,

He himself, smith Ilmarinen,

Stooped him down, intently gazing

To the bottom of the furnace,

And a heifer then rose upward,

With her horns all golden-shining,

With the Bear-stars on her forehead;

On her head appeared the Sun-disc.

And the cow was fair to gaze on,

But of evil disposition;

Always sleeping in the forest,

On the ground her milk she wasted.

Therefore did smith Ilmarinen

Take no slightest pleasure in her,