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Quotation from Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot (compiler)
“Forges skilfully the Sampo; On one side the flour is grinding, On another salt is making, On a third is money forging, And the lid is many-colored.”
Kalevala, Rune X, trans. John Martin Crawford
After several failed creations rise from his furnace, Ilmarinen at last forges the Sampo for Louhi.
Citation: "Forges skilfully the Sampo; On one side the flour is grinding, On another salt is making, On a third is money forging, And the lid is many-colored." — Elias Lönnrot (compiler), Kalevala, Rune X, trans. John Martin Crawford. (id kalevala-q3)
Portrait: The Defence of the Sampo, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Public domain.
