Joukahainen
Americannoun
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This man, Joukahainen, provoked him to a trial of song, boasting, like Empedocles, or like one of the old Celtic bards, that he had been all things.
From Custom and Myth by Lang, Andrew
Then indeed young Joukahainen Knew at last, and comprehended; And he knew his course was finished, And his journey now was ended.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
The dispute between Gladstone and Huskley as to what occurred at the Creation is a repetition of the same dispute between Wainamoinen and Joukahainen, in the Kalewala of the Finns.
From In the Wrong Paradise by Lang, Andrew
This man, Joukahainen, provoked him to a trial of song, boasting, like Empedocles, or like one of the old Celtic bards, that he had been all things.
From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew
Youth, if you are Joukahainen, You should move aside a little.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
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