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Joukahainen

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[yoh-kuh-hahy-nen] / ˈyoʊ 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 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)

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)

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)

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)

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