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Runo XXVI]

From the youth’s path do thou turn thee,

Let the traveller make his journey,

Do not hinder Lemminkainen,

Therefore move aside a little,

Let him now pursue his journey.”

Thereupon the eagle answered,

Hissing from his throat of fire,

“I will let the traveller pass me,

Will not hinder Lemminkainen,

Through my mouth will let him hasten,

Let him thus pursue his journey.

Thither shall thy path direct thee,

Fortunate shall be thy journey,

To the banquet thou art seeking,

Where thou all thy life may’st rest thee.”

Little troubled Lemminkainen,

And he let it not concern him,

But he felt into his pocket,

And his pouch he opened quickly,

Took the feathers of the blackfowl,

Leisurely he rubbed the feathers,

And between his palms he rubbed them,

Twixt his fingers ten in number,

And a flock of grouse created,

And a flock of capercailzies,

In the eagle’s beak he thrust them,

To his greedy throat he gave them,

To the eagle’s throat all fiery,

In the fire-bird’s beak he thrust them,

Thus he freed himself from danger,

And escaped the first day’s danger.

With his whip he struck the courser,

With the beaded whip he struck him,

And the horse sped quickly onward,

And the steed sprang lightly forward.

Then he drove a little further,

But a little way had travelled,

When the horse again was shying,

And again the steed was neighing.

From the sledge again he raised him,