A patient man, he spent thirty years in his mother's womb before he decided to be born.
At the end of his life this mythological figure set sail in a copper boat on a voyage without end. A patient man, he spent thirty years in his mother's womb before he decided to be born. Some of his exploits include inventing the harp using the bones of a pike and the hair of a woman, and defeating the rival singer Joukahainen in a song contest. But this son of Luonnotar is most famous for protecting his friend Ilmarinen's greatest creation from Louhi, the ruler of Pohjola. FTP identify this great bard, the defender of the Sampo and chief hero of the Kalevala.
At the end of his life this mythological figure set sail in a copper boat on a voyage without end.
Vainamoinen