"Kalma, rise and bestir thyself to watch my thief, to look after my goods, to get my property, to recover what is ta´en away with thy heavy, frightful hands, with the chains of the Omnipotent. O Hippa, one of Hiisi´s daughters, O Kipinätär, Hiii´s cat, tear his thighs right well, as sparks of fire torture him, s that the shall not sleep at night, shall not repose at all by day, without first bringing back, without his putting in it´s place what he has ta´en, what he has robbed, what he has taken of my goods, what he has got, what he hid".
Source: Magic songs of the Finns by Elias Lönnrot
Vocabulary:
Kalma - Spirit of the dead who guards cemeteries
Hippa - Spirit of the forest/ a gnome-like creature
Hiisi - In its original form hiisi was a sacred pagan worshipping place in nature. Later on, they were seen as the personifications of the mountains or as evil giants or trolls.
Kipinätär - Feisty cat who belonged to Hiisi´s väki. The cat would catch thieves, scratch their legs until they would return what they had stolen.
Väki - The hidden power that lives within every living being and within all the elements.
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5 дек 2021
