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Joukahainen

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[yoh-kuh-hahy-nen] / ˈjoʊ kəˌhaɪ nɛn /

noun

Finnish Legend.
  1. a Sami magician who tried to kill Väinämöinen.


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Then the youthful Joukahainen From the mud his chin uplifted, And his beard he disentangled, From the rock his steed led forward,480 Drew his sledge from out the bushes, From the reeds his whip unloosing.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby

Youth, if you are Joukahainen, You should move aside a little.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby

Then the youthful Joukahainen, In the swamp he sang yet deeper.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby

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 Elias Lönnrot

Then the youthful Joukahainen Shook his head, his mouth drawn crooked, And he tossed his locks of blackness.

From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby

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