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Quotation from Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot (compiler)
“Lemminkainen’s faithful mother Takes the rake of magic metals, Rakes the Tuoni river bottoms, Rakes the cataract and whirlpool,”
Kalevala, Rune XV, trans. John Martin Crawford
With a rake forged by Ilmarinen, Lemminkäinen's mother searches the river of the dead for her son's body.
Citation: "Lemminkainen’s faithful mother Takes the rake of magic metals, Rakes the Tuoni river bottoms, Rakes the cataract and whirlpool," — Elias Lönnrot (compiler), Kalevala, Rune XV, trans. John Martin Crawford. (id kalevala-q4)
Portrait: The Defence of the Sampo, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Public domain.
