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Pohjola came tidings,

To the village cold the tidings

That in Väinöla ’twas healthy,

Freed was Kalevala completely

From the evil plagues of magic,

And the scourge of nameless sickness.

Louhi, Pohjola’s old Mistress,

Old and gap-toothed dame of Pohja,

Thereupon again grew furious,

And she spoke the words which follow:

“Still I know another method,

And a cunning scheme have thought on.

On the heath the Bear I’ll waken,

On the waste the curving-clawed one,

Väinöla’s fine flocks to ravage,

Herds of Kalevala to slaughter.”

On the heath the bear she wakened,

From his native land she drove him

To the heathlands of Väinöla,

And to Kalevala’s green pastures.

Väinämöinen, old and steadfast,

Uttered then the words which follow:

“Ilmarinen, smith and brother,

Make a new spear quickly for me,

Make it with three cutting edges,

With a copper shaft construct it.

With the bear I now must struggle,

Overthrow the shaggy monster,