Joukahainen
Americannoun
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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
Then the youthful Joukahainen Answered in the words which follow.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
His horse and sledge seem to have been transformed, like those of Joukahainen in Runo III.
From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias
Väinämöinen falls into the water, and is driven onwards by a tempest, while Joukahainen returns to his mother, who upbraids him for shooting at the minstrel.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
Then the youthful Joukahainen In the swamp he sang yet deeper.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by Kirby, W. F. (William Forsell)
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