Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Preface xix
Book 1 Proem 5
Rune I Birth of Wainamoinen 7
Rune II Wainamoinen's Sowing 15
Rune III Wainamoinen and Youkahainen 27
Rune IV The Fate of Aino 45
Rune V Wainamoinen's Lamentation 61
Rune VI Wainamoinen's Hapless Journey 69
Rune VII Wainamoinen's Rescue 76
Rune VIII Maiden of the Rainbow 87
Rune IX Origin of Iron 95
Rune X Ilmarinen forges the Sampo 111
Rune XI Lemminkainen's Lament 126
Rune XII Kyllikki's Broken Vow 138
Rune XIII Lemminkainen's Second Wooing 153
Rune XIV Death of Lemminkainen 162
Rune XV Lemminkainehs Restoration 176
Rune XVI Wainamoinen's Boat-building 195
Rune XVII Wainamoinen finds the Lost-Words 208
Rune XVIII The Rival Suitors 224
Rune XIX Ilmarinen's Wooing 244
Rune XX The Brewing of Beer 259
Rune XXI Ilmarinen's Wedding-feast 277
Rune XXII The Bride's Farewell 289
Rune XXIII Osmotar the Bride-adviser 303
Rune XXIV The Bride's Farewell 326