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Quotation from Kalevala by Elias Lönnrot (compiler)
“Come, O Ukko, to my rescue, God of mercy, lend thy presence, Give these vapor-baths new virtues, Grant to them the powers of healing, And restore my dying people;”
Kalevala, Rune XLV, trans. John Martin Crawford
Väinämöinen heats the sauna and prays over it to heal the people of Kalevala from the diseases Louhi has sent.
Citation: "Come, O Ukko, to my rescue, God of mercy, lend thy presence, Give these vapor-baths new virtues, Grant to them the powers of healing, And restore my dying people;" — Elias Lönnrot (compiler), Kalevala, Rune XLV, trans. John Martin Crawford. (id kalevala-q7)
Portrait: The Defence of the Sampo, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Public domain.
