RUNE XXV.  Wainamoinen’s Wedding-songs

Rune XXVI. 
Origin of the Serpent

Rune XXVII. 
The Unwelcome Guest

Rune XXVIII. 
The Mother’s Counsel

Rune XXIX. 
The Isle of Refuge

Rune XXX. 
The Frost-fiend

Rune XXXI. 
Kullerwoinen, Son of Evil

Rune XXXII. 
Kullervo as a Shepherd

Rune XXXIII. 
Kullervo and the Cheat-cake

Rune XXXIV. 
Kullervo finds his Tribe-folk

Rune XXXV. 
Kullervo’s Evil Deeds

Rune XXXVI. 
Kullerwoinen’s Victory and Death

Rune XXXVII
Ilmarinen’s Bride of Gold

Rune XXXVIII. 
Ilmarinen’s Fruitless Wooing

Rune XXXIX. 
Wainamoinen’s Sailing

Rune XL. 
Birth of the Harp

Rune XLI. 
Wainamoinen’s Harp-songs

Rune XLII. 
Capture of the Sampo

Rune XLIII. 
The Sampo lost in the Sea

Rune XLIV. 
Birth of the Second Harp

Rune XLV. 
Birth of the Nine Diseases

Rune XLV1. 
Otso the Honey-eater

Rune XLVIL
Louhi steals Sun, Moon, and Fire

Rune XLVIII. 
Capture of the Fire-fish

Rune XLIX. 
Restoration of the Sun and Moon

Rune, L.
Mariatta—­Wainamoinen’s Departure

EPILOGUE

THE KALEVALA.

RUNE XXV.

WAINAMOINEN’S WEDDING-SONGS.

At the home of Ilmarinen
Long had they been watching, waiting,
For the coming of the blacksmith,
With his bride from Sariola. 
Weary were the eyes of watchers,
Waiting from the father’s portals,
Looking from the mother’s windows;
Weary were the young knees standing
At the gates of the magician;
Weary grew the feet of children,
Tramping to the walls and watching;
Worn and torn, the shoes of heroes,
Running on the shore to meet him. 
Now at last upon a morning
Of a lovely day in winter,
Heard they from the woods the rumble
Of a snow-sledge swiftly bounding. 
Lakko, hostess of Wainola,
She the lovely Kalew-daughter,
Spake these words in great excitement: 
“’Tis the sledge of the magician,
Comes at last the metal-worker
From the dismal Sariola,
By his side the Bride of Beauty! 
Welcome, welcome, to this hamlet,
Welcome to thy mother’s hearth-stone,
To the dwelling of thy father,
By thine ancestors erected!”
Straightway came great Ilmarinen
To his cottage drove the blacksmith,
To the fireside of his father,
To his mother’s ancient dwelling.