![]() ![]() She gestated for a very long time in the waters not being able to give birth. One day, Ilmatar descended to the waters and became pregnant. But Sky also had a daughter named Ilmatar. This myth has elements of creation from chaos and from a cosmic egg, as well as of earth diver creation.Īt first there were only primal waters and Sky. The Karelian and Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, tells of his birth in the course of a creation story in its opening sections. He and other writers described Väinämöinen as the god of chants, songs and poetry in many stories Väinämöinen was the central figure at the birth of the world. The first extant mention of Väinämöinen in literature is in a list of Tavastian gods by Mikael Agricola in 1551. Väinämöinen Plays Kantele, a 1814 relief by Erik Cainberg that is considered to be the first visual depiction of Väinämöinen ![]()
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