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Runo XVI]

Answered in the words which follow:

“Ay, indeed, I know the liar!

If ’twas Tuoni brought you hither,

Mana dragged you from your country,

Then would Tuoni’s self be with you,

Manalainen’s self conduct you,

Tuoni’s hat upon your shoulders,

On your hands the gloves of Mana.

Speak the truth, O Väinämöinen;

What to Manala has brought you?”

Väinämöinen, old and steadfast,

Answered in the words which follow:

“Iron to Manala has brought me,

Steel to Tuonela has dragged me.”

Tuoni’s short and stunted daughter,

She the dwarfish maid of Mana,

Answered in the words which follow:

“Now, indeed, I know the liar!

For if iron to Mana brought you,

Steel to Tuonela had dragged you,

From your clothes the blood would trickle,

And the blood would forth be flowing.

Speak the truth, O Väinämöinen,

For the second time speak truly.”

Väinämöinen, old and steadfast,

Answered in the words which follow:

“Water has to Mana brought me,

Waves to Tuonela have brought me.”

Tuoni’s short and stunted daughter,

She the dwarfish maid of Mana,

Answered in the words which follow:

“Ay, indeed, I know the liar!

If to Mana water brought you,

Waves to Manala had floated,

From your clothes would water trickle,

From the borders streaming downward.

Tell me true, without evasion,

What to Manala has brought you?”

Then the aged Väinämöinen,

Gave again a lying answer.